Just take those Reagan children off the shelf . . .

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I'm not sure if it was the Tom Cruise Risky Business parody he did on Saturday Night Live in the early 80s, or the fact that he once came home drunk, was locked out of the White House and was forced to sleep on the front steps until someone finally let him in, but I've always liked Ron Reagan. He's considered quite the coup for the Democrats, the sure sign that not even the Ronald Reagan legacy can support the current Republican regime.

He wrote an article for Esquire that I found quite articulate and impressive. It's perhaps a little naive on the Reagan adminstration, but what can you expect? The man was his father and Ron isn't exactly Patty. I'm just glad to see he's using his name for the powers of good.

The Case Against George W. Bush

The far-right wing of the country—nearly one third of us by some estimates—continues to regard all who refuse to drink the Kool-Aid (liberals, rationalists, Europeans, et cetera) as agents of Satan. Bush could show up on video canoodling with Paris Hilton and still bank their vote. Right-wing talking heads continue painting anyone who fails to genuflect deeply enough as a "hater," and therefore a nut job, probably a crypto-Islamist car bomber. But these protestations have taken on a hysterical, almost comically desperate tone. It's one thing to get trashed by Michael Moore. But when Nobel laureates, a vast majority of the scientific community, and a host of current and former diplomats, intelligence operatives, and military officials line up against you, it becomes increasingly difficult to characterize the opposition as fringe wackos. Read more...