While History Never Repeats Itself, Political Patterns

History Is Replete With Examples Of Empires Mounting Impressive Military Campaigns On The Cusp Of Their Impending Economic Collapse.

Warren Buffett Pays Taxes On A Smaller Percentage Of His Billions In Income Than His Cleaning Lady.

Americans Continue To Suffer From A Notoriously Short Attention Span. They Get Mad As Hell With Reasonable Frequency, But Quickly Return To Their Families And Sitcoms. Meanwhile, The Corporate Lobbies Stay Right Where They Are, Outlasting All The Populist Hysteria.

Fox News Is Nothing If Not Impressive. No Matter How Harsh The Criticism It Endures, The Network Somehow Always Manages To Prove Itself Even Worse Than We Had Previously Imagined.

Stylistically Speaking, Barack Obama Could Hardly Be Further From Jimmy Carter If He Really Had Been Born In Kenya.