I meant to write more…
I have a few appointments this afternoon, so I won’t be able to post again until Monday. Have a good weekend.
I have a few appointments this afternoon, so I won’t be able to post again until Monday. Have a good weekend.
I would strongly encourage everyone who reads this site to check out Al Gore’s speech in New York yesterday. It demonstrated the kind of aggressive, no nonsense intelligence that Gore showed occasionally, but not nearly often enough, during the last campaign. I try not to overuse the phrase, but this one’s a “must read.” One […]
Few of us have fond memories of H. Ross Perot — the constant references to a “giant sucking sound,” the accusations that Republicans tried to ruin his daughter’s wedding, the infomercials, the mysterious charges that Black Panthers invaded his home, etc. Nevertheless, he ran for president twice — 1992 and 1996 — and managed to […]
One of the least endearing features of the Dem primary thus far has been the tendency of the rivals to accuse each other of theft. Just about all of the serious campaigns have accused their competitors of “borrowing” everything from catch-phrases to strategies to policy ideas. It hasn’t been pretty. I suspect that in most […]
John Edwards, a year ago, was riding high. The New Yorker ran a cover story on him, labeling him the “next Bill Clinton” (in a good way). He was a fresh face, from the south, with an exceptional ability to connect with voters. That was then. Now he’s struggling in the polls and fading fast. […]
Reading articles in most of the major daily newspapers will rarely, if ever, give you an indication of partisan bias. Reporters, now more than ever, are sensitive to accusations about “taking sides” and most go out of their way to play it straight. I would argue that sometimes they play it too straight, but that’s […]
I’ve intentionally avoided writing about the California recall election for several reasons. Perhaps most importantly, even I, a political junkie if there ever was one, find the ordeal too stupid to get worked up over. The whole thing gives circuses a bad name. So as the most of the civilized world knows by now, Arnold […]
Surprisingly and fortunately, trash-TV host Jerry Springer announced today that he will not run for the U.S. Senate. For months, Springer has been mulling over a challenge to incumbent Sen. George Voinovich (R) and leading many to believe he would announce his candidacy soon. Today, however, Springer ended the suspense and said he would not […]
The InnerChange Freedom Initiative has been controversial for years. The program, created by Watergate-felon Chuck Colson, aims to convert incarcerated felons to fundamentalist Christianity and, in the process, make them less likely to commit crimes again in the future. George W. Bush, as Texas’ governor, praised the program and welcomed them into the state’s criminal […]
The redistricting scheme Tom DeLay has tried to force through the Texas Legislature is still stalled in the state Senate because 11 brave Senate Dems are still denying the chamber the quorum needed to approve the effort. They’re still in New Mexico and nothing much has happened since I last wrote about this. Some of […]