Baffled by our nation’s political system? Disgusted by the coverage provided by bow-swallow-and-praise White House correspondents?
Fear not, Atticus is on the trail with roving reporter JY Sexton covering the ’16 presidential campaign, primaries, and election in a style quite unlike mainstream media. Anticipate a series of BS-detecting, all balls-out dispatches that will make you laugh heartily, cringe painfully, and think seriously about your choice of candidate.
Lower your flag to half-mast, renew your passport–and be sure to follow the madness of covering madness in these mad, mad times right here at the Review and on Twitter: @AtticusPolitics.
May 17, 2016 A word to the leadership of the Democratic Party: And that is, that is, that the Democratic Party is going to have to make A very, very profound and important decision. It can do the right thing And open its door and welcome into the party people who are...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA – Rafael Edward Cruz, one of our many national nightmares, is no more. Take a moment and revel in the fact. Try not to focus too heavily that his demise has birthed another monster, an arguably more dangerous one, but try and find relief and solace...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA – As I type this, Bernie Sanders is holding court in Vermont and questioning the legitimacy of the New York Democratic Primary. Bested by his rival Secretary Hillary Clinton, Sanders’ campaign was dealt what many are now calling a deathblow and, at...
"If you think you're leading and no one is following, you're only taking a walk." – Afghan Proverb April 5, 2016 STATESBORO, GEORGIA – How have we gotten here? Tonight is a victory for the spoiler as Bernie Sanders and Ted Cruz took the Wisconsin Primary, a contest...
“Then I saw a new Heaven and a New Earth, for the first Heaven and the first Earth had passed away.” - The Book of Revelation 21:1 STATESBORO, GEORGIA – We know everything and we know nothing. We know that Marco Rubio, the prodigal son, was beaten soundly in his...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA — In the past week, since the Trump coronation in Nevada, there have been two competing strategies emerging in the margins of the once-proud Grand Old Party. On one end is a developing smear campaign wielded by Trump and carried out by fringe...
SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA – The road into South Carolina was filled with signs, most of them for Trump, with Cruz in a near second. Some implored to CHOOSE CRUZ while others trumpeted him as a COURAGEOUS CONSERVATIVE. The sign I couldn’t shake for the rest of the...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA – Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders won New Hampshire. Imagine if you could travel back in time a year and speak that sentence to your former self. You’d think you were speaking to a doppelganger from an alternate dimension gone awry. In May of last...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA – I wasn’t going to write this article because the Republican primary race has already drifted so far into the lonely waters of self-parody that further caricature seemed unnecessary. But Jesus Christ, what’re you supposed to do? [youtube...
STATESBORO, GEORGIA – A coin flip. In six caucuses the difference between Secretary Hillary Clinton and challenger Bernie Sanders was the flip of a coin. Each time, the coin fell Clinton’s way, a...