Great Wall of Arizona

Hey, we get it. The state of Arizona pleads almost frantically on its “Build the Border Fence” web site that walls work. Take the triple-layer fence America’s tax dollars built to buffet the southern flank of Yuma, Ariz., under the Bush administration. The state calls it “extraordinarily successful,” thwarting “95 percent of illegal crossings in…

Paper trail (green) out of Texas

    Wacky, bewitching Michele Bachmann, whose candidacy is melting, melting, actually has offered something of substance to voters just before she becomes a vapor.     She’s called the hand that has suddenly doused her campaign with her own tea-steeped brew, the hand of Rick Perry. So doing, she's made a very important point.     …

The mogul behind The Extremes

   Lights, sequins, syncopation. They do put on a performance. Governing? No. But glitter, glam and that good old anti-government sound? Oh, yeah. You can almost hear the Gipper tapping his toe.    They are the show that’s trying to stop the show. They are The Extremes.    Michele. Rick. Rand. There’s Texas right-winger Louie…