The Insane Have Achieved Political

When I Need To Work Up My Nerve To Write A Tough Column, I Try To Think Of Myself As Emma Peel In A Black Leather Catsuit.

Americans Want To Be Protected, But Not At The Cost Of Vitiating The Values That Make Us Americans.

Since Hillary Clinton Is The First Time We've Had A Woman Who Was A Serious Contender For President, It's Been An Adjustment To Watch Her More Changeable Looks, And To See The Lengths She Goes To Get The Right Lighting And To Make The Right Wardrobe Choices. Her Campaign Is Devising Strategies To Humanize Her And Make Her Seem More Warm And Maternal.

Paul Ryan, Who Teamed Up With Akin In The House To Sponsor Harsh Anti-abortion Bills, May Look Young And Hip And New Generation, With His Ipod Full Of Heavy Metal Jams And His Cute Kids. But He's Just A Fresh Face On A Taliban Creed - The Evermore Antediluvian, Anti-women, Anti-immigrant, Anti-gay Conservative Core. Amiable In Khakis And Polo Shirts, Ryan Is The Perfect Modern Leader To Rally Medieval Republicans Who Believe That Adam And Eve Cavorted With Dinosaurs.

The Minute You Settle For Less Than You Deserve, You Get Even Less Than You Settled For.