The canards of March

    Canard — n. (etymology: French for duck) a fake or unfounded report or story, especially: a fabricated report; a groundless rumor or belief.     “They crammed health care reform down our throats.”      Yes. Barack Obama, Joe Biden and a decisive majority of Democrats ran for office on health care reform. They…

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Ken Starr gets his presidency

    I once heard from a tenure-seeking professor at Baylor University who said officials sought information about her churchgoing and whether or not she’d signed up for church committees. They were probing for evidence of what then-Baylor President Robert Sloan called “intentional Christianity.”     Now heading the probe: President Kenneth Starr?     Years…

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Toilet-stall rhetoric

  Jeb. Jim. Ned. Fred. Chip. Jobe. Flip. Flop. Whatever your name, Mr. Well-Combed Congressman from Texas, you got schooled.   President Obama got one thing wrong in his televised face-off with House Republicans. His last accuser was named Jeb — Jeb Hensarling — not Jim, as Obama mis-IDed him.    Beyond that, a newly and truly combative…

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