I had an idea for a post that I was going to write this week but then I saw that Tom Tomorrow has already captured the point in a cartoon today. (It’s on Salon, so you may have to wait through an ad to see it.) In four small frames, Tomorrow has explained the inherent […]
The Bush campaign is starting to run out of friends. Looking over the 2000 results, the most obvious division in America wasn’t between men and women, blocks and whites, or churchgoers vs. the less religious. If you wanted to know where Gore and Bush enjoyed the most support, you simply had to look at cities […]
For most of us, the fight for the Dem nomination was wrapped up a long time ago. John Kerry’s principle rivals left the race, endorsed the nominee, and the general election campaign began. (There are rumors that Kucinich is still technically a candidate, but only in a “tree falls in the forest” kind of way.) […]
I think John Kerry did a fine job on Meet the Press yesterday. It was a particularly strong appearance when contrasted with Bush’s unpersuasive press conference from earlier in the week. Unlike the president, Kerry came across as competent and knowledgeable on a wide variety of foreign and domestic issues. He dodged a few questions […]
I make a conscious and concerted effort to keep the tone on this site relatively subdued. Readers won’t find much in the way of profanity here, nor all-caps calls for Bush’s impeachment. It’s just not my style, no matter how frustrated I get. That said, sometimes the Bush White House makes it awfully difficult to […]