Where are the Prez candidates getting their $ April 18, 2007 A very nifty map curtesy of the NY Times. Continue Reading
Invasion of the Body Snatchers April 15, 2007 There is a book recently written by an old fashioned conservative Republican. His title is “Party Snatchers” not Body snatchers. Its lambasts the theocons… Continue Reading
Pardon Libby? No pardon this man. March 30, 2007 Federal prosecutors successfully convicted an Honduran fish exporter of violating a law that his country overturned a decade ago. Not an American law mind… Continue Reading
Updated at last March 14, 2007 My primary work has been on the book I’ve been researching so my posts have gotten very infrequent. I did however have a friend… Continue Reading
Mrs. Obama says what I deeply believe March 11, 2007 Its been my longstanding belief that a politician ought to be more interested in standing for something than winning. I know I know. There is… Continue Reading
The real reason Bush declared war on Iraq March 11, 2007 Bob Novak of Valarie Plame Fame reported it before any of out troops got on the ground. Read the Dinesh post also linked on… Continue Reading
Political prosecutors March 9, 2007 I’ve been busy and thus only put in rare blog entries these days. This troubling entry from Andrew Sullivan hits me where I’m currently… Continue Reading
Obama is looking better to me all the time March 6, 2007 I like the cut of his jib and this Kristoff column makes me long for the kind of President I hope Barak could be. Continue Reading
Sign the anti-torture petition February 23, 2007 http://www.nrcat.org/statement.aspx Continue Reading
Dick Morris projects it for Rudy an Hillary February 8, 2007 Morris says being a front runner for the duration of a campaign is a prerequisite for winning the nomination. In the last fifty years… Continue Reading
Pork on Board February 1, 2007 I knew that the DM&E was a big issue in southeastern Minnesota and may have helped Walz defeat Gutknecht but I’d never heard it… Continue Reading
Will we abandon the Iraqis who helped us? January 19, 2007 The President and the military are busy reading up on Algeria’s 1950’s revolt against the French. This very thoughtful blog entry at Paco Pond examines… Continue Reading
Paying attention to the new Chairman January 15, 2007 Right after his reelection I got far more google alerts about breaking news on Jim Oberstar than before. That’s because he was likely to become and… Continue Reading
The “Goods” on those who can not remember the past January 9, 2007 Once again Hollywood is the enemy of the truth as Newsweek’s Evan Thomas points out. Continue Reading
Liberal v Conservative online test January 7, 2007 Try taking this 25 question survey. Its ten years old. I just took it. I hate the answers you are forced to choose from… Continue Reading
And I voted for McGovern January 4, 2007 From http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/03/AR2007010301545_pf.html: November Surprise George McGovern, the liberal 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, dropped a little bombshell to Larry King the other night: He voted… Continue Reading
On the Passing of Gerald Ford January 2, 2007 Gerry Ford is one of the four Presidents I’ve seen albeit before he became President. He spoke to the summer interns in 1971 when I… Continue Reading
Christmas Carol and other stuff January 2, 2007 Blogging and other political things were largely shoved to the side from Christmas to New Years. A couple days after Christmas Claudia and I… Continue Reading