pt confederacy of dunces
It’s been over 146 years since the Confederacy ceased to exist. But it’s been exactly 150 years since Jefferson Davis was inaugurated president of the thing in Alabama, and, boy, doesn’t it seem like that latter one was just yesterday? Tomorrow, the Sons of Confederate Veterans (Sons? How old are they? 135?) are descending on [...]
Bland Maryland nobody Michael Steele could’ve gone the rest of his life bothering absolutely nobody at all — personally, he is about as offensive as a kitten. But fate and history combined to elevate him from “former lieutenant governor of some Eastern Seaboard state and perennial campaign loser” to leader of the Republican Party! All [...]
