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John McCain was begging for debates in the town hall format. But I’m taking the minority position that it actually hurt him. When he padded around the platform, he looked like an old man, late at night, looking for the refrigerator. It’s not exactly that he looked tired. It’s that his gait seemed that of…

Some extraordinarily beautiful and wise posts on my piece about the death of Joe Biden’s wife and baby daughter. One from Rich W. At age 16 I lost the sight in my left eye. Some kid was playing around with a belt and hit me in the eye, brusing and eventually detaching the retina. My…

Some Democrats are now making an unusual argument about abortion: that a Democratic administration might actually reduce abortions more than a Republican administration. On the surface, this seems preposterous. Republicans oppose abortion rights, Democrats support them. How could it possibly be that a Democratic approach would reduce abortion more? It’s actually quite plausible under certain…

The most obvious flaw in Maher’s documentary is that it’s one sided. He offers many examples of religion that’s extreme, dishonest, hypocritical, or anti-freedom. It’s an often-funny visual tour of bombs exploding and charlatans peddling faith-based snake-oil. In fact, most believers would agree with many of Maher’s attacks. The problem is his conclusion that flim-flam…
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