Kristol in Time

You are here: Blog / Kristol in Time

Hot Topics:

10:53 AM, Feb 2, 2007 • By MICHAEL GOLDFARB

Single Page Print Larger Text Smaller Text Alerts

Now available at Time.com is Bill's latest. It's the story of how the Democrats went from mild to wild in just a few short months--from being "the very soul of moderation" immediately following the election, to one-upping each other in "a tide of antiwar agitation" as the presidential race heats up. Here's a sample:

But in politics, as in life, exercises in competitive indignation can get out of hand. Biden got rolling his resolution disapproving of the surge--but without thinking through the counterattack that would be opened up. Now, as the troops begin to enter the theater, Republicans can ask whether the main effect of these merely symbolic resolutions isn't to undermine the chances of Americans succeeding and to encourage our enemies.

You can read the whole thing here.

« Previous Post

Conservative Intelligence
Satirical Wit
Foreign Policy Insight
Sophisticated Perspective

Ethan Epstien, in a New York System state of mind

A Parody

A Parody

From the Scrapbook

From The Scrapbook

Should Romney Retrench on Gay Marriage?
Crucified by Government

Washington plays by TSA rules.
No Spin Zone

Reflections from the thinking man’s knuckleballer.
‘On My Behalf’

Really?
Action in Character

A film without pretension about warriors as heroes.
Birth of a Nation

With American evangelicals on the ground in South Sudan.
Will Gay Marriage Hurt Obama with African Americans?
Our Age of Anxiety

Romney’s challenge is to address the deep uneasiness in America and point the way to a comeback.
Big Wheels

The American and his/her car.
Two Cheers For Morsi