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NOTE: From June, 2008 through August, 2008 I was on the payroll of Sen. Kay Baily Hutchison (R-Tx) and, therefore, under the thumb of the Senate Ethics Committee.

The geniuses there ruled that I was not permitted, under some undisclosed interpretation of some secret rule or another, to write MULLINGS. Thus, the next column came on August 31, 2008.

05/23/2008 - Indian Jones and the ... Whatever
05/21/2008 - Girls, Girls, Girls
05/19/2008 - Think Globally, Act Locally
05/16/2008 - You Say You Want a Coronation?
05/14/2008 - Life is Old There ...
05/09/2008 - Good News From Iraq
05/07/2008 - Weak Night for Hillary
05/05/2008 - Dann Fool
05/02/2008 - Elite in Indiana

April, 2008

04/30/2008 - Wright is Wrong
04/28/2008 - The Racial Thing
04/25/2008 - Dubai, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Adieu
04/23/2008 - Hill-are-EE; Hill-are-EE!
04/21/2008 - The Pennsylvania Primary from Afar
04/18/2008 - The Hits Just Keep on Comin'
04/16/2008 - Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
04/14/2008 - Summer Soldiers & Sunshine Patriots
04/11/2008 - Olympian Problems
04/09/2008 - General Protect Us
04/07/2008 - Conflict of Interest
04/04/2008 - Random Issues
04/02/2008 - Good News

March, 2008

03/31/2008 - Fathers, Sons & Baseball
Travelogue: Getting to the Ballpark
03/28/2008 - Baby Booming
03/26/2008 - Hillary Mis-Remembers
03/24/2008 - When Campaigns Go South
03/21/2008 - The Speech Didn't Work
03/18/2008 - Race in the Race for the White House
03/17/2008 - Mullings' 10th Anniversary
03/14/2008 - The Spitzer Back Story
03/11/2008 - Client Number Nine
The Spring Training Travelogues:
    Friday
    Saturday
    Sunday
03/10/2008 - A Baseball Weekend
03/07/2008 - Glass Half Empty. Glass Half Full.
03/05/2008 - John, John He's Our Man
03/03/2008 - A Name; An Ad

February, 2008

02/29/2008 - If Bloomberg had Run
02/27/2008 - The Clinton Legacy
02/25/2008 - Ralph Nader & Alan Keyes
02/22/2008 - McCained
02/20/2008 - I've Always been Proud of America
02/16/2008 - Pelosi and the Protect America Act
02/15/2008 - Hillary and the Super Delegates
02/13/2008 - Virginia Gives Obama the Lead
02/11/2008 - Opponents, Not Enemies
02/08/2008 - Are Rush, Sean & Laura Doing the Work of the MSM?
02/06/2008 - Conventional Wisdom
02/04/2008 - Super Week
02/01/2008 - Getting Closer to a GOP Nominee

January, 2008

01/30/2008 - Orbital Velocity
01/28/2008 - Sounds of Silence
01/25/2008 - A Romney Bounce in Florida?
01/23/2008 - Thompson Campaign Ends
01/21/2008 - Orange Ya Glad for Florida?
01/18/2008 - Rolling the Dice in Las Vegas
01/16/2008 - On to South Carolina
01/14/2008 - What Ifs?
01/11/2008 - Another Debate
01/09/2008 - As I Was Saying ...
01/07/2008 - New Hampshire, Old Politics
01/04/2008 - The Caucuses
01/02/2008 -

December, 2007

12/31/2007 - Let's Get it On!
12/28/2007 - Good News for the GOP
12/24/2007 - Christmas 2007 - Six Words
12/21/2007 - The MULLINGS Person of the Year
12/19/2007 - Good News for the GOP
12/19/2007 - Good News for the GOP
12/17/2007 - Yuletide Cleanup
12/14/2007 - Ink By The Barrel
12/12/2007 - Waterboarding-Gate
12/10/2007 - Is the NIE a LIE?
12/07/2007 - A Positive Move on Mortgages
12/05/2007 - Finally, the Pundits Were Right
12/03/2007 - More "Defeats" for George Bush

November, 2007

11/30/2007 - Debatable Tactics
11/28/2007 - Religion Politics
11/26/2007 - The Australian Election
11/23/2007 - Thanksgiving 2007: Destiny's Child
11/21/2007 - Stemming the Hard Sell on Stem Cells
11/19/2007 - Dems Eating Dems - Life is Good
11/16/2007 - FISA Football
11/14/2007 - Fit to be Tied in Iowa
11/12/2007 - Ask Me No Questions ...
11/09/2007 - NY Times: Non-News From Iraq
11/07/2007 - I RAN From the World Bank
11/05/2007 - 60 Years of Meet the Press
11/02/2007 - Hillary: America's Victim

October, 2007

10/31/2007 - EARTHQUAKE!
10/29/2007 - Licensing Illegal Aliens
10/26/2007 - What Happens in Vegas ...
10/24/2007 - More Things to Worry About
10/22/2007 - Going to the Candidates' Debate
10/19/2007 - Sneaking Up on Peace in Iraq
10/17/2007 - Nobel Pie Piece
10/15/2007 - Why Al Gore Won't Run
10/12/2007 - The Disappearing Deficit
10/10/2007 - The Soft Bigotry of Low Expectations
10/08/2007 - SCHIP-pery Slope
10/05/2007 - Domenici & Limbaugh: Two Good Men
10/03/2007 - Obama's Last Stand
10/01/2007 - Newt's Non Run

September, 2007

09/28/2007 - Faux Journalism
09/26/2007 - Ahmadinejad - and How to Beat Him
09/24/2007 - Old Blackwater
09/21/2007 - Rather Blather
09/19/2007 - Bush STILL Winning
09/17/2007 - Bush Won. MoveOn Lost.
09/14/2007 -
09/12/2007 - Petraeus - Pia Pium
09/10/2007 - Who ARE These People?
09/07/2007 - I-O-W-A
09/05/2007 - Surprises in Iraq and in the Senate
09/03/2007 - Back to School - 2007

August, 2007

08/30/2007 - The August Story
08/27/2007 - A Primary Error
08/23/2007 - A National Security Election
08/20/2007 - Our Monthly Payment Economy
08/16/2007 - Rove
08/13/2007 - Reading Other People's Mail
08/09/2007 - Nationals Win!
08/06/2007 - A Very, Very Good Man
08/01/2007 - Two Stories You May Have Missed

July, 2007

07/30/2007 - Barry, Paris, Lindsay & Michael
07/27/2007 - A Trillion Dollar Bill
07/25/2007 - Sleeping With the Enemy
07/23/2007 - I Need Some Advice
07/20/2007 - Plame-Out
07/18/2007 - Polident, Cots & Depends
07/16/2007 - Hillary, Nancy, Cindy & John
07/13/2007 - Chertoff's Innards
07/11/2007 - Thud
07/09/2007 - A Live Earth Weekend
07/06/2007 - Dems: Selective Outrage
07/02/2007 - Thirty One Million. Yikes!

June, 2007

06/29/2007 - Push Polls
06/27/2007 - Unfairness Doctrine
06/25/2007 - A New Yorker in the White House?
06/22/2007 - A Lack of Confidence
06/20/2007 - The Rules, They Are a'Changin'
06/18/2007 - Father's Day - 2007
06/15/2007 - Harry Reid Gets a Pass
06/13/2007 - How's That Pelosi Doin'?
06/11/2007 - Lieberman - from (I) to (R)?
06/08/2007 - Iowa, O! Iowa
06/06/2007 - Nightmare Scenario for the Clinton Campaign
06/04/2007 - First, Secure Your Base
06/01/2007 - I Feel Safer Already

May, 2007

05/30/2007 - The Book(s) on Hillary
05/28/2007 - Memorial Day - 2007
05/25/2007 - Pelosi's Problem
05/23/2007 - Democrats Surrender on Iraq
05/21/2007 - There But for Fortune
05/18/2007 - Take a Deep Breath: Immigration
05/16/2007 - The GOP Debate II
05/14/2007 - Small Time Race; Big Time Politics
05/11/2007 - Gasoline Economics
05/09/2007 - Monopoly Money
05/07/2007 - Conservateurs, Oui; Socialistes, Non
05/04/2007 - The GOP Duh-Bate
05/02/2007 - A Great New Government Program

April, 2007

04/30/2007 - A Strategic Trap
04/27/2007 - Hide it in a Hiding Place
04/25/2007 - Investing in Failure
04/23/2007 - Wolfowitz & the World Bank
04/20/2007 - Gonzales Should Resign
04/18/2007 - Bad Day at Blacksburg: When Words Fail
04/16/2007 - Global Warning
04/13/2007 - Imus is in Mourning
04/11/2007 - A College Man
04/09/2007 - Conventional Wisdom Wave
04/06/2007 - Girl's Gone Wild
04/04/2007 - A Quantum Theory of Fundraising
04/02/2007 - A Father, a Son, and Baseball

March, 2007

03/30/2007 - A Rapid Response Story
03/28/2007 - Thompson and Gore
03/26/2007 - Why Katie is in Third
03/23/2007 - Subpoena Wars: Pelosi Can't Win
03/21/2007 - In Honor of Spring
03/19/2007 - The One Party Rule
03/16/2007 - Serves at the Pleasure of ...
03/14/2007 - Thermodynamics
03/12/2007 - Gingrich, Thompson, Hagel & Gore
03/09/2007 - Democratic Quagmire on Iraq
03/07/2007 - A Cottage Industry in Coulter
03/05/2007 - Gates at the Gate
03/02/2007 - Texas Hold 'em

February, 2007

02/28/2007 - A Steeper Hill(ary) to Climb
02/26/2007 - A Restoration Weekend
02/23/2007 - The End of the World. Just in Time.
02/21/2007 - Stop Posturing, Start Caring
02/19/2007 - Murtha to the Rescue
02/16/2007 - Barak v. Hillary: Yippee!
02/14/2007 - All the Way to the Bank?
02/12/2007 - Announcement Day
02/09/2007 - Geography Lesson
02/07/2007 - Filibusted
02/05/2007 - Prince?
02/02/2007 - Biden His Time

January, 2007

01/31/2007 - You Can't Make This Stuff Up
01/29/2007 - Interchangeable Goofballs
01/26/2007 - Commas and Semicolons
01/24/2007 - Emotion v Logic
01/22/2007 - Obama Gets Credit For Bears' Win; Bush/FEMA Blamed for Saints' Loss
01/19/2007 - The President's Annual Message
01/17/2007 - Pardon Scooter Libby
01/15/2007 - Why American Samoa is Important
01/12/2007 - Rooting for Failure
01/10/2007 - Commander-in-Chief
01/08/2007 - A Geneva Convention for Politics
01/05/2007 - A New Congress; an Old Tradition
01/03/2007 - Taking Down the Christmas Tree

December, 2006

12/29/2006 - A Ford, not a Lincoln
12/27/2006 - Oy, Tannenbaum!
12/22/2006 - Christmas - 2006
12/20/2006 - Goin' Like Sixty
12/18/2006 - Interview Techniques - Advanced Studies
12/15/2006 - That Pesky Constitution
12/13/2006 - Freddy Kruger Returns
12/11/2006 - Two Reports; One Conclusion
12/08/2006 - Too Much Stuff
12/06/2006 - Divided Nations
12/04/2006 - Statecraft
12/01/2006 - Dreadful Democratic Manners

November, 2006

11/29/2006 - Pelosium-2007
11/27/2006 - Polonium-210: Something Else to Worry About
11/22/2006 - Thanksgiving 2006: Destiny's Child
11/20/2006 - Peolsi: A Prayer Answered
11/17/2006 - 2008 - Part II (The Republicans)
11/15/2006 - 2008 - Part I (The Democrats)
11/13/2006 - GOP Members Should Be Bipartisan
11/10/2006 - A Byegone Era
11/08/2006 - You Reap What You Sow
11/06/2006 - It Ain't Over Till It's ...
11/03/2006 - Botched Apology
11/01/2006 - Uh, Oh. You Mean I Was Right?

October, 2006

10/30/2006 - The Daily Conference Call
10/27/2006 - Thank You, New Jersey
10/25/2006 - O Hillary, Where Art Thou?
10/23/2006 - Throw the OTHER Bums Out
10/20/2006 - Protesting a Bit Too Much
10/18/2006 - January 3
10/16/2006 - Fair and ... What?
10/13/2006 - Heather Wilson
10/11/2006 - Deep Kimchi
10/06/2006 - Masters of Their Fates
10/04/2006 - Don't Resign, Denny
10/02/2006 - A New Code of Conduct

September, 2006

09/29/2006 - Winners Never Cheat and ...
09/27/2006 - Wild Bill
09/25/2006 - A National Security Election
09/22/2006 - Don't Pray For Me, Venezuela
09/20/2006 - Polls: And When They are Good...
09/18/2006 - Life in the Emerald City: Trailers, Opels and KBR Food
09/15/2006 - Heat. And Goats.
09/13/2006 - Election Season Begins Now
09/11/2006 - The New Jerusalem
09/08/2006 - Back-to-School
09/06/2006 - The Expectation Gap
09/01/2006 - National Security & Politics

August, 2006

08/28/2006 - Nagin, Brownie & Katrina
08/25/2006 - Pluto, R.I.P.
08/21/2006 - Kofi's Trip to Tehran
08/18/2006 - The Reunion Travelogues
The High School Reunion Travelogues I: Insecurities Never Go Away
The High School Reunion Travelogues II: I Find My Classmates
The High School Reunion Travelogues III: A Happy Ending

08/14/2006 - Bye, Bye, Bi-Partisan
08/11/2006 - Big Plots; Little Plots
08/07/2006 - Recess Should Be Over
08/04/2006 - Deeply Unhelpful

July, 2006

07/31/2006 - The Gray Lady: You Go Girl!
07/28/2006 - A Summer Cold
07/26/2006 - It's Up To Israel. Again.
07/24/2006 - Are You Safer Now ...?
07/21/2006 - Unused Tickets from Beirut
07/19/2006 - Let's Take a Breath
07/17/2006 - Winds of Change in the Desert
07/14/2006 - New Direction. Same Result.
07/12/2006 - Revenge. Cold Revenge.
07/10/2006 - World Cup
07/07/2006 - Appeasement
07/05/2006 - Four for the Fourth of July

June, 2006

06/30/2006 - The Hamdan Decision
06/28/2006 - Chunnel
06/26/2006 - Preemption
06/23/2006 - Howdy & iPods
06/21/2006 - Europe's Tsuris
06/19/2006 - Backbone of America - 2006
06/16/2006 - Iraq Moves Forward
06/14/2006 - Stop, Hey, What's that Sound?
06/12/2006 - Counterattack!
06/09/2006 - California Leanin'
06/07/2006 - Midweek Mullings
06/05/2006 - Invasion ... from Canada
06/02/2006 - Great Expectations

May, 2006

05/29/2006 - Memorial Day - 2006
05/26/2006 - Search!
05/24/2006 - Criminal Stupidity
05/22/2006 - Another Positive Example
05/19/2006 - Ethics & Gators & Planes, Oh My!
05/17/2006 - NG21801329
05/15/2006 - More Bicycles
05/12/2006 - Friday. Yea.
05/10/2006 - Rove to the RNC
05/08/2006 - Polls v Reality
05/05/2006 - Democrats Acting Badly
05/03/2006 - A Lesson in Politics
05/01/2006 - Illegal Immigrants and Illicit Profits

April, 2006

04/28/2006 - Tony the Snow-man
04/26/2006 - Stand up for Northwest
04/24/2006 - Newton's Laws
04/21/2006 - Outrage
04/17/2006 - Open Your Golden Gate
04/14/2006 - Religious Calendars
04/12/2006 - A Father, a Son & Baseball
04/10/2006 - Widening Ripples in an Ethical Cesspool
04/07/2006 - It's Istanbul Not Constantinople
04/05/2006 - DeLay and Delays
04/03/2006 - A Culture of ... Boredom

March, 2006

03/31/2006 - What I Think About Immigration
03/29/2006 - The National Pastime
03/27/2006 - No Moore, No More
03/24/2006 - Anybody Seen My Skate Key?
03/22/2006 - A Short Visit With Friends
03/20/2006 - Civil War in ... France!
03/17/2006 - Fresh Legs
03/15/2006 - Oxygen Mask? $25 Please
03/13/2006 - Ironing the Gric
03/10/2006 - A Port in the Dubai Storm
03/08/2006 - Scuttlebutt
03/06/2006 - I'm Melting!
03/03/2006 - Marvin and Me
03/01/2006 - Polls. Can't Live With 'em ...

February, 2006

02/27/2006 - It's an Election Year
02/24/2006 - Women. Can't Live With 'em ...
02/22/2006 - Port Insecurity
02/20/2006 - Presidential Goofs
02/17/2006 - The Cheney Doctrine
02/15/2006 - Two Vice Presidents. Two Misfires.
02/13/2006 - Jeddah Nights Not Jedi Knights
02/10/2006 - Fill 'er Up with Tapioca; and Check the Rice Pudding
02/08/2006 - A Tale of Two Cities; A Tale of Two Men
02/06/2006 - Connecting the Dots to Iran
02/03/2006 - BAY-ner
02/01/2006 - SOTU

January, 2006

01/30/2006 - Riiiicolllllaaaa
01/27/2006 - Too Much Stuff
01/25/2006 - Harry Bellow-fonte
01/23/2006 - January Blahs
01/20/2006 - Hillary Rodham Jemima Clinton
01/18/2006 - hOWLer!
01/16/2006 - Bush's Best Allies
01/13/2006 - Hearing Transcript
01/11/2006 - Alito 2; Democrats Zip
01/09/2006 - The First Political Casualty
01/06/2006 - Taking Out the Christmas Tree
01/04/2006 - The Abramoff Effect