Erictheblue

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• Eric the Blue Watches TV in a Political Season

  If I had been twenty years old in 1968, instead of ten, I would have been against the war in Vietnam, but I can't imagine that I would have marched and... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Paul Ryan, Marathon Man

  

  Here's the transcript of the portion of Paul Ryans's interview with right-wing radio guy Hugh Hewitt that has raised a lot of eyebrows: H.H.: Are you still... Read more

  Posted on 03 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Eric the Blue Blogs the State Fair

  

  9:30 a.m. We arrive, buy tickets, pass through the gate by the "space needle." I see a guy walking with a little carrying pack of four small glasses of beer.... Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Pissed off White Guys and the Republican Vote

  The Republicans are taking some heat for their cavalier disregard for the truth in Tampa. There are exceptions to the general rule, however. Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Money, Money, Money: Money

  

  At the supper table this evening, the 9-year-old asks: Who makes more money, you or mom? Well, I do, of course, what kind of wispy conception of my manhood woul... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• John Hinderaker's Night with Romney

  The pugnacious John Hinderaker, who, in response to the Akin debacle, composed on August 22 a post with the title "Are the Democrats [sic] Delusional on... Read more

  Posted on 25 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Addendum

  In yesterday's post, I should not have suggested that Republicans succeeded at writing "forcible rape" into national legislation so as to limit access to... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Todd Akin: Not an Outlier

  If you take the view that a fetus is a person in the same sense as my 4-year-old, it follows that abortion should not be available to women who have been... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Color Me Obsessed

  

  Saw Color Me Obsessed, Gorman Bechard's documentary on The Replacements, Friday evening at The Parkway. Bechard was onhand to take questions afterward. Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• National Popular Vote: I Beat the Drum

  Reading along in another humdrum article ("Medicare issue put to test quickly in Florida") concerning the presidential campaign, one comes to this graf: The... Read more

  Posted on 16 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Electoral Map Takes Shape

  

  Writing at the Daily Beast, Michael Tomasky argues that Obama's grip on the Electoral College is such that Romney, to win, "has to draw an inside straight like... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Jorgensons Go on Vacation; Romney Makes His Choice

  Back from Jorgenson Family Vacation, which this year bulked up to a five-day tour of northern Minnesota. Do not tell our children that some people consider... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• "As Rochefoucault His Maxims Drew"

  

  I've been perusing some of the Gore Vidal obits and tributes that have appeared since his death last Tuesday. One--"Gore Vidal quotes: 26 of the... Read more

  Posted on 05 August 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Remnick on The Boss

  

  In the current New Yorker, David Remnick profiles Bruce Springsteen, the closest thing to a pop-star hero of mine. Naturally, I devoured every word. Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Two Droppings

  1. Last night, skimming channels between innings of the Twins game, I stumbled upon a debate between the two Republicans vying to face Rep Tim Walz, D-MN, in... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Assertions and Falsification

  

  The essay "Theology and Falsification" by the British philosopher Antony Flew is, as the author is modest enough to admit, "probably the most widely read... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• There She Goes Again!

  

  I checked in at the Power Line site to see what the Philosophers might be saying about the latest episode of Michele Bachmann's moving lips. Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Mitt Romney's Retroactive Retirement

  

  It seems like a million years ago that Mitt Romney, being pursued in one of those awful Republican presidential debates on his view of illegal immigrants, and... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Have You Seen Obama's Bain Ads? If Not, Don't Fool Yourself: You Have No Vote

  I'm a compulsive consumer of political journalism, and, while my memory is imperfect, I don't think horse-race reporting during the summer of presidential... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Roberts-ology

  

  Chief Justice John Roberts has certainly set off a lot of speculation concerning his views of the Affordable Care Act. In his opinion, he indicated that judges... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2012 POLITICS, SOCIETY