At the tone, the time will be 10:25 and 30 seconds. The temperature is 38 degrees. Growing up in the ’60s and ’70s, you had to call ...
Category Politics
Post-Election Ennui
I’m plagued with ennui, I’ll admit it. Three weeks since the election and I still can’t focus on any single thing. In the ...
The Perfect Christmas Gift!
(Stolen from my friend Bob…)
Rediscovering Dick Cavett
Although I’m a week behind in nearly everything it seems (bills, reading, work), I can’t resist sharing this wonderfully biting blog ...
“A Tribute to Human Complexity”
I stumbled across George Packer’s* Interesting Times blog today. I was vaguely aware that he was “slumming” in Ohio to report ...
Good Eggs
Kudos to two organizations for pursuing that rabbit-hole of obfuscation otherwise known as the White House. First, to the Citizens for ...
Polar Bill
More studies to report from the Pew people. In a survey among Americans, Bill O’Reilly ranked first among most liked and disliked campaign ...
It’s Official: I’m a Liberal!
I just took the 2005 Political Typology test over at the Pew Research web site. OK, so it’s a little old. Still, I’m fascinated by ...
Must-See TV: Frontline
I have a backlog of PBS programs recorded on our DVR—American Experience, Nova, and the most recent edition of Frontline—but they’re gonna ...
Life Imitating Art
Where did the last four months go? I think I missed the blurry edges between summer and fall. One minute I was viewing the valley of retirees ...
Send Karl Rove to Jail…please!
Sign the petition and tell the House Judiciary Committee that you want them to hold Rove in contempt and put him in jail. It’s time for ...
Science Saturday
Keeping with the 4th of July weekend theme, we welcome back Science Saturday with the politics of science. According to the Scientists and ...