Bachmann-Palin Overdrive

A 2012 election prediction: “maverick” Sarah Palin will run while not running, then attempt to circumvent the actual primaries in some mavericky way. Heck, she may even not run, not win, and set up her own not-shadow government in a “Maverick...

Sarno's Giuliani Moment?

“This tornado is going to win Sarno the election,” someone said to me the other day. As history shows, disasters—natural and man-made—often favor the incumbent. Consider, for instance, then-New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani’s meteoric rise in...

ImperiumWatch: Too Little Water, Too Much

In a down economy, the news centers around money. Tax cuts, tax hikes. Outrageous bonuses for irresponsible Wall Street executives. The shortfalls in everyone’s retirement accounts. These are real problems, but they take our attention off even more ominous...

Union Head Haynes Won't Run

The longtime president of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Robert J. Haynes, announced last week that he will not seek re-election to the position he’s held since 1998, opening the door for what he said he hopes will be “younger” leadership. A former...