Tom Toles: July 25, 2010 - July 31, 2010

Didn't see that coming

*** Friday rant, Declaration of Incoherence edition Apparently now we not only hold SOME truths to be self-evident, but also just about ANY POSITION we happen to prefer. It's pretty self-evident that Obama is not a U.S. citizen because...

By Tom Toles  | July 30, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (55)
Categories:  DC, Metro  
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Tag team

*** Computer games I, like you, spend a lot of time online learning things to make me smart. The fact that I'm not smarter is not the fault of the Internet. One of the things that makes news Web...

By Tom Toles  | July 29, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (20)
Categories:  Congress  
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Supreme irony

*** Midsummer night's dream This is about as midsummery as it gets. The actual solstice is too soon and August starts to feel like late summer. So this is it. That nice balance point where the mind actually does...

By Tom Toles  | July 28, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (19)
Categories:  Supreme Court  
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The devil made us do it

*** The adults aren't alright Everybody is worked up about the state of education in the United States. The KIDS are FALLING BEHIND. No, it's not the KIDS, it's the SCHOOLS. No, it's not the SCHOOLS it's the TEACHERS....

By Tom Toles  | July 27, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (31)
 
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Pounding the pavement

*** With friends like me Quite the hornets nest of comments here last week. It sort of detoured into Looneytown for an overnight stay. Not an uninteresting place to visit, but I hope we don't have to live there....

By Tom Toles  | July 26, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (39)
Categories:  Economy and jobs  
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Almost a perfect record

By Tom Toles  | July 25, 2010; 12:00 AM ET  |  Permalink  |  Comments (15)
Categories:  Environment & global warming  
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