Senator Obama, Meet Reverend Gortner

One of the curious things about this ever-curiouser election is that half the time it seems like any of its interesting or unusual features ties in, somehow, with someone or something closely associated with the days of cold duck, bell bottoms and shag carpets –...

Carter, Obama, and Evangelicals

As Barack Obama coasts to his coronation as the Democratic nominee in late August, he’s managed to convince many that he wears the mantle of Camelot. Toward that end, he’s been chasing Kennedy coattails every bit as much as he has delegates. Some who are clearly...

Katherine B. Loker Passes on at 92

Katherine Loker was a woman of seemingly infinite vision, energy, and drive, with a loving heart singularly focused on leaving the world better than she found it through a near-lifetime of her and her beloved late husband Donald’s discerning philanthropy. As a...

Department of Dog Bites Man

Politico today proudly features a non-story with a misleading headline. (I assume they’re proud of the story because the text is accompanied by a video of reporter Jonathan Martin pretty much reciting it.) The headline is: “John McCain doesn’t work...

Pat Buchanan Meets Rick Perlstein

Yesterday morning, toward the end of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, host Mika Brzezinski suppressed a giggle as she introduced Nixonland author Rick Perlstein. Viewers might have been forgiven for assuming the giggle was no different from any of the others that the frothy...