During the waning days of the McCain campaign we were introduced to various characters.  There was, famously, “Joe the Plumber.” Later we got “Tito the Builder” and a whole slew of other “Someone the Somethings.” You’d think that with the election over, we’d be done with that.  But, no, there’s still at least one more:  […]

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Sarah Palin, explaining how she favors a federal constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, says, I’m not going to be out there judging individuals, sitting in a seat of judgment telling what they can and can’t do, should and should not do… (Scott Conroy, “Palin Breaks With McCain On Gay Marriage Ban” (October 20, 2008) CBS […]

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When I was a kid, one of my favorite shows was “To Tell the Truth.” Each show featured several people who were all pretending to be the same person and panelists asked a series of questions to get clues as to who the real person was.  The “challengers” tried to trick the celebrity panelists with […]

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