Monthly Archives: August 2011

Michele Bachmann Will Not Be President

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann won Saturday’s Iowa straw poll, narrowly beating out Texas Rep. Ron Paul. Rep. Bachmann appeared on a number of Sunday morning talk shows in a victory lap of sorts. It might not be her last, but … Continue reading

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Do We Deserve Any Better?

Thomas Jefferson is credited with the saying “The government you elect is the government you deserve.” Author and satirist H.L. Mencken one-upped him: “People deserve the government they get, and they deserve to get it good and hard.” Well, we … Continue reading

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