"When narcissism is wounded"
Possible explanation of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright's "tour" (and of Bill Clinton's recent behavior)
Colson Whitehead, "Visible Man"
Ellison-influenced satire
Bad metaphor of the day
Ed Rendell compares students for Obama to Kool-Aid drinkers
A boilermaker, sort of, in the news
Boilermakers and political pandering
Hillary Clinton's roots
2007: Illinois. 2008: Pennsylvania.
Bad simile of the day
Bill Clinton is scheduled to visit Pembroke, North Carolina, today: Charles Locklear dined on fried chicken and cabbage as he talked about f...
James Carville's metaphors
Just words, right?
Strained political metaphors of the day
Carpetbagging beaver! Drunken horse! Tired as dogs! From Erica Jong : We have two great candidates — one a hard working, never give up eager...
Puzzling political metaphor of the day
About a steamroller
Political tropes of the day
The campaign aides cited in this New York Times article do just fine. But watch the reporter overreach: One aide wearily compared the cam...
Dying metaphors of the day
Heels and hackles
Of prongs and pillars
Inept political metaphor, from Wolf Blitzer
Inept political metaphor of the day
From Joe Klein
Do-over
I'm amused to find do-over as a recurring term in discussion of the Florida and Michigan Democratic primaries. From House Democratic leader...
Times reporter on metaphorical spree
NY Times reporter mixing metaphors with abandon
CNN and mixed metaphors
A race, a gun battle, a prizefight
Garry Wills on "plural presidency"
One problem with the George W. Bush administration is that it has brought a kind of plural presidency in through the back door. Vice Presid...
Tracy Flick speaks
Life imitates art
Anecdotal Iowa
Calling Iowa students for Obama '08