The Danger of Laughing at Todd Akin. @ilyseh positively nails it here: http://t.co/692Vk1H5 (via @Hegemommy)

There are a series of well-established steps that people in the public eye take when caught doing something reprehensible. For an example, let’s take… oh, Mark Foley (R, Florida). As you know by now, he was  [more...]

When I was young, WMAL radio here in Washington was somewhat genteel. My mom would listen to the two old men, Harden and Weaver, every morning; one of their characters was a crotchety old woman. It was charming and  [more...]