Unca Darrell

February 26 / The Big Mo for the past thirty days goes to . . .

. . . John Kasich, up 7 points. Second is . . . 

FEBRUARY 26 / The best ground-level takedown . . .

. . . of Donald Trump, bar none, is coming from . . .  

FEBRUARY 25 / Funniest line in . . .

. . . tonight's GOP debate:

Donald Trump: 

FEBRUARY 25 / Stand by for Unca D's . . .

. . . righteous takedown of the Houston Chronicle for journalistic malpractice in its coverage of Rick Perry's legal triumph yesterday. 

The Travis County district attorney's had charged that Mr. Perry, as governor, abused his power when he threatened to veto funds for, yes, the Travis County district attorney's office.

The highest Texas criminal appeals court ruled yesterday that the charge violates separation of powers under the Texas Constitution. 

The Chronicle reports the decision in a story notable for its bitter tone, its elementary and unjustifiable failure to report the legal basis of the ruling high in the story, its overloading the story with nasty quotations from the losers in the Travis County district attorney's office, from the judicial dissents, and from bystanders who share the newspaper's disdain for Mr. Perry. Tune in later. Maybe tomorrow.

To tide you over, consider this ugly piece of work from a color story this morning about . . . 

FEBRUARY 13 / Justice Scalia has died

GLENN REYNOLDS asks the question that matters:

"Will the Republicans in the Senate . . .

FEBRUARY 10 / The brink of more decline

THE RULE OF LAW has, at best, a 5-4 majority in the United States Supreme Court -- one vote away from complete surrender on the bedrock liberal (in the classic sense) principle. This was the vote in Tuesday's important order . . .  

FEBRUARY 9 / More support for declinism

IN A STATE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY today the candidates expected to win are Donald John Trump, Jr., an unprincipled blowhard, and Bernard Sanders, a too-principled socialist. Both seek to succeed . . .

FEBRUARY 4 / Michael Walsh on the quest myth

THE SEARCH for the originating spark of creation lies at the center of the human experiment, in just about every facet of study, whether called religion, philosophy, science, or art. It sits at the heart . . .