Cutting bait
July 4, 2009
The Corner / Mark Steyn
With respect to many of the Palinologists below, I think they're getting way too hepatomantic over the entrails.
With respect to many of the Palinologists below, I think they're getting way too hepatomantic over the entrails.
It was an almost impossible mission, but in resigning from office with 17 months to go in her first term, Sarah Palin has made herself the bull goose loony of the GOP.
The Iranian government has made it a practice to publicize confessions from political prisoners, often subject to sleep deprivation, solitary confinement and torture, rights groups say.
Skeptics say Friday's events diminished and perhaps demolished Palin's 2012 presidential hopes.
Courtesy of Wonkette commenter Atheist Nun, here’s your Fourth of July Blingee, featuring history’s lamest whining quitter.
The Braves announced Saturday they have promoted prospects Jason Heyward and Freddie Freeman to Class AA Mississippi.
Today I want you to read something that will tug at your heart strings from my cousin Jonathan’s tribute to the memory of his grandmother.
Her decision to quit later this month could jump-start or kill a bid for the presidency, political analysts say.
Caveat: What follows is based on the notion that Palin will continue her political career, and is setting herself up for a run for the White House in 2012. 1.
President Obama, strategizing yesterday with congressional leaders about health-care reform, complained that liberal advocacy groups ought to drop their attacks on Democratic lawmakers and devote ...
Bernie Ecclestone, the Formula One chief, said yesterday that he preferred totalitarian regimes to democracies and praised Adolf Hitler for his ability to “get things done”.
Conventional wisdom suggests that short-term the Palin decision was unwise -- e.g., "quitter," unpredictable, sulking, etc. But what else are her critics really going to say?
Barracuda I just watched Sarah Palin's announcement that she will step down as governor, which was surreal even by her standards.
The timing of this decision is very odd for someone who is trying to execute a strategy to get into the White House in 2013.
Gov. Sarah Palin's office releases a transcript of her resignation announcement.
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North Korea test-fires six short-range missiles in an apparent act of defiance on 4 July, American Independence Day.
Final Update: For all those who think a bold move is a handicap, that is why you are in the peanut gallery and Sarah Palin is the talk of the weekend across this nation.
I spoke to a few friends in Alaskan Republican politics yesterday. None of them had a clue that Palin was going to resign her office, and none has any idea what her motivation might be in doing so.
Manny Ramirez returned to the majors this weekend, to the delight of Dodgers fans, following a 50-game suspension.
Iraq welcomed encouraging words about America's commitment to the country from Vice President Biden, but an Iraqi government spokesman said that political reconciliation is an internal matter best ...
Youthful Ideals Shaped Obama Goal of Nuclear Disarmament By WILLIAM J. BROAD and DAVID E.
Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell will be sworn in as governor July 26, the date Palin steps down
Boston is marking Independence Day, and its rich Revolutionary War history, with music, fireworks and fighter planes.
Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.
Fans await news about online tickets; Los Angeles braces for record turnout.
Analysis It has never been easy to sue government officials for actions they take in wartime, and such challenges, when allowed, fail more often than not.