Julie and I just got back from voting, and I was pleased to discover that you can write in a candidate for president on the Texas ballot. I am also pleased to tell you that Mr. Wendell Berry of Kentucky...
I have to respect the conservative pundits carrying McCain's water all over the cable news channels these days. They actually keep a straight face when they offer McCain "advice" on how he should get dirty, nasty and go negative. They...
The New York Times has a great item today about Web domains that the Republican Party is snapping up ahead of the general election. They're looking at possible Democratic running mates and issues that Republicans can zero-in on to attack...
Hillary Clinton appears to have resonated with her "red phone" hotline-to-Moscow campaign ad in the days before the Texas and Ohio primaries. (Never mind that the red phone in the ad miraculously turned white when it was time for Hillary...
In his press conference yesterday, President Bush indirectly criticized Barack Obama for suggesting that it's important for the U.S. president to hold talks with our enemies without their meeting preconditions that, in effect, preclude the chance of those talks ever...
Amazing. When Bill Clinton was president, he visited San Francisco, and my brother-in-law's group, Lavay Smith and Her Red-Hot Skillet Lickers, was invited to play for him. Bill Clinton was so concerned about the weird implications of the band's name...
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