Profiles in Pusillanimity

Pusillanimous: what a truly elegant way to say “gutless”.  I really love that word; sadly, opportunities to use it are few and far between, since “gutless” or “spineless” or “cowardly” are usually sufficient. But not this week.  Various high-profile Republicans were recently asked if they’d repudiate the brainlessly misogynist trash-talk

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Rush Limbaugh: Human or DNA Experiment?

Who knows?  Whatever his DNA composition might be, around here Rush Limbaugh is Swine of the Week in Perpetuity — meaning that when I pronounce someone SOTW, it’s an unfinished sentence the rest of which is “in addition to Rush Limbaugh”.  And this past week was no different. The GOP’s

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