Remember Iran/Contra?

Click here for an article entitled "Summary of Prosecutions" in the Iran/Contra affair.

Ronald Reagan Revisited

Click here for an article by Peter Bienart in Foreign Policy magazine entitled "Think Again: Ronald Reagan," with the tagline "The Gipper wasn't the warhound his conservative followers would have you think." he demolishes three of today's favorite tropes: "Ronald Reagan was the ultimate hawk"; "Reagan banished the Vietnam Syndrome"; "Reagan frightened the Soviet Union into submission"; "Conservatives loved Reagan"; "Reagan was tough on terror"; and "George W. Bush was a Reaganite."

Donald Trump - Mainstream Republican?

Click here for Paul Krugman's take on The Donald, an NYT article entitled "The Face of the Base." Update: Here's a quote from Krugtron the Invincible, in an interview on Bloomberg TV:

"So he's a belligerent, loudmouth racist with not an ounce of compassion for less fortunate people," Krugman said, not pulling any punches. "In other words, he's exactly the kind of person the Republican base consists of and identifies with. It's clear that the very things that Upper West Side New Yorkers find detestable about him are exactly what endear him to the Republican base, which is basically people who see in him everything - even the big red face and the yelling - that makes him their kind of guy."

A New "Henri"

I haven't seen Henri in a while. I'll have to check to see if I've missed some.

Obama's IRS "Scandal" Debunked

Click here for a comprehensive explanation of the IRS non-scandal; conservatives were dreadfully aggrieved that they were being picked on by Obama's evil tool, the IRS. (HINT: not true.) The link is to a Salon article originally published in the Washington Spectator by Karoli Kuns.