Let's Treat Politicians Like Twinkies. They Have

By This Point, It Was Clear She Wasn't Interested In Continuing The Relationship. What Publication On Earth Would Continue A Relationship With A Writer Who Would Refuse To Discuss Her Work With Her Editors? What Publication Would Continue To Publish A Writer Who Attacked It On Tv? What Publication Would Continue To Publish A Writer Who Lied About It - On Tv And To A Washington Post Reporter? ... It's True: Ann Is Fearless, In Person And In Her Writing. But Fearlessness Isn't An Excuse For Crappy Writing Or Crappier Behavior.

Not Reassuring When Weathermen Say 'today Will Be Terrible But Don't Worry It Won't Be As Terrible As Tomorrow Or Friday.

But There's A Fourth Interpretation: Obama Can't Leave His Comfort Zone. No President Since Woodrow Wilson Has Been As Enamored Of Abstract Ideas Or More Sure That Disagreement With Him Is Proof Of Ignorance, Bad Faith Or Dogmatism. As A Candidate, He Insisted His Real Opponent Was 'cynicism,' And In His Address Last Week, He Returned To This Trite Formulation, Insisting Again He Was Bravely Battling The Cynics.

The Government Cannot Love You, And Any Politics That Works On A Different Assumption Is Destined For No Good.

Simply Because The Nanny-state Wants To Hug You Doesn't Mean It's Not Tyrannical If You Don't Want To Be Hugged.