Stream of Reading (Prepare to be Forwarded) – An Archive of What I'm Reading
The beginning of the end of the Republican Party has started. On Friday, I told you the Republican Party is dying. Then, yesterday, Ross Douthat in the New York Times echoed my key point. Mine was that the Republican leaders in Washington would see the decline of Donald Trump as proof that they need do…
START “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 END “MORE ON” SINGLE STORY BOX v. 2 Almost all presidential campaigns end in failure. But few complete an arc as dramatic as Jeb Bush’s bid: Once considered a highly unlikely candidate, Bush surged almost immediately upon his entry into the pole position, then almost as quickly…
One last time (who are we kidding?) We’ll have your full Nevada/South Carolina wrap up for you bright and early Sunday morning, but there are some things you gotta get on right away. Or at least, just as soon as you’ve finished your soup. Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign is over. It is no more. It…
Donald Trump speaks during a South Carolina Republican primary night event on Saturday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Paul Sancya / AP If you think the arguments between the Republican candidates have been bad, well, you ain’t seen nothing yet. Pundits, reporters and political analysts are going to really have at it. Two competing theories about…
Hillary Clinton greets supporters with her husband, former President Bill Clinton, at a Nevada Democratic caucus rally on Saturday in Las Vegas. John Locher / AP The Democratic contest moved to a not-totally-white contest, and Hillary Clinton had her best showing yet. She won the Nevada caucuses by over 5 percentage points, an important margin…
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at his South Carolina Republican presidential primary rally in Columbia on Saturday. Bush ended his campaign for the presidency Saturday. Matt Rourke / AP The Jeb Bush campaign for president is over. After a disappointing finish in South Carolina on Saturday, he suspended his campaign shortly before 9 p.m.,…
Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders will be guests today on CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper, Sunday at 9 a.m. and noon ET. In South Carolina Saturday night Bush suspended his White House campaign and acknowledged a painful reality: The country was not interested in a third…
The fantasy epic, slated for release in February, stars Scotsman Gerard Butler of “300” fame and Danish actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, best known as Jaime Lannister on “Game of Thrones,” as warring Egyptian gods. The cast also includes Australian actors Geoffrey Rush, Brenton Thwaites and Courtney Eaton, along with African-American actor Chadwick Boseman and French-Cambodian actress…
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo / Matt Rourke) I’m going to posit something radical: The most vocal support for Hillary Clinton comes from women in the commentariat, very much like myself, who have had to fight sexism to succeed in public-facing, white-collar professions and relate to Hillary’s struggle to do the same. Many…
“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” When was the first time you heard this platitude? Maybe it was in 2013, when Taylor Swift used it to respond to an extremely innocuous joke Tina Fey and Amy Poehler made about her when hosting the Golden Globes. “Katie Couric is one…