American Madness

Intelligent Criticism in the Service of a Better Nation

Bill & Hillary’s Excellent Adventure

Help help! I’m being manipulated by good design!

There’s some more interesting analysis of the minutiae of the 2008 Presidential Election, with the NYTimes Campaign Stops blog calling on branding expert* Brian Collins to analyze the effectiveness of Gotham as Barack Obama’s preferred font.
With that said, though, there’s an oxymoronic quality to Gotham, which is why I think it’s become so popular. It [...]

BaRocky Obama

The only man who could ever reach me…

…had a crazy preacher man.
While Hillary proved in no uncertain terms that she’s capable of telling huge and easily verifiable lies, the Obama preacher issue continues to fester in the back of my mind. Here we reprint a dialogue between two family members (one pro-Clinton / one pro-Obama) as they debate the issue. We join [...]

John McCain’s laissez-faire tendencies

In “McCain Warns Against Hasty Mortgage Bailout ” the heir apparent to the Republican Presidency said:

“It is not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly, whether they are big banks or small borrowers.” … “Government assistance to the banking system should be based solely on preventing systemic risk that [...]

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