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The tragedy of John McCain
I almost felt sorry for John McCain yesterday. br /br /But then I regained my senses.br /br /Doris Kearns Goodwin, appearing on a cable news show yesterday to discuss the appeal to human ugliness that has increasingly defined the McCain campaign, recalled an Adlai Stevenson quote which fit the... Read more...
Published a day ago

On the edge
Nothing like a trek around Pallisades State Park near Savannah, IL to get your heart racing. Just hope the rock holds.br /br /a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_K0MjY0q3Q1w/SPDnS0WqFDI/AAAAAAAABHU/kk6kpetGiyM/s1600-h/watchyourstep.jpg"img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px;... Read more...
Published a day ago

Hip Hip Hussein!
I'm not a political consultant and I rarely, if ever, offer advise here to any candidates. I certainly wouldn't expect anyone on the Obama campaign to hear, much less follow, anything I'd suggest.br /br /But I'm going to break precedence and offer the Obama campaign a suggestion that I truly wish... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Politics first, America second
Tom Friedman in the a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/08/opinion/08friedman.html?em"Times/a:blockquoteCriticizing Sarah Palin is truly shooting fish in a barrel. But given the huge attention she is getting, you can’t just ignore what she has to say. And there was one thing she said in the... Read more...
Published 3 days ago

Who won? THAT one.
John McCain is a cranky, mean-spirited, frustrated and very angry man. He really should relax before something bursts. br /br /Between referring to the person both he and Bush seem to think actually runs our military policy lock, stock, and barrel, Gen. Petreaus, as the chairman of the Joint... Read more...
Published 4 days ago

Fraud? You betcha!
What's this country coming to when a major candidate for vice president flatly states that she's not going to bother answering the questions put to her at a debate held to allow the public to judge her fitness for office, why bother having any press or debates or other public forums at all? br... Read more...
Published a week ago

Wall St. moves to make millions from efforts to clean up their mess
What's not included in all the coverage of the massive Wall St. bailout is the fact that many of those very same Wall St. execs and firms at the heart of the problem now stand to make millions from the taxpayer financed scheme to bail them out.br /br /Kind of ironic, eh? They're essentially being... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Sarah, Saaaarah, no time is a good time for goodbyes
blockquote"It's very important when you consider even national-security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into the airspace of the United States of America. Whereâ€"where do they go? It's Alaska. It's just right over the border. It is from Alaska that we send those out to make... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Watch this and be a better American
a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09262008/watch.html"Watch this interview/a with a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Bacevich"Andrew J. Bacevich/a, then buy his recent book, "The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism". br /br /Doesn't matter if you're right, left,... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Let's review
John McCain's response to the looming economic catastrophe has been nothing short of erratic, clueless, and so impulsive and reckless that it seems clear he literally had no idea what to do and so they tried one thing after another after another trying to see what might work.br /br /Just off the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Debate number one
Well, the phony baloney suspense over whether John McCain would be able to run away from his first debate is over. Of course it turns out it was all a sham to begin with. br /br /Here's the place to share your views on the debate, the ridiculous stunts leading up to it, and your reaction... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Sub Prime crisis explained
a href="http://home.mchsi.com/~theid/Sbuprime_Presentation1.pps"This is the best thing/a I've gotten in e-mail in ages. It's a powerpoint slide-show that explains, by someone who obviously knows, just exactly how the sub-prime housing crisis happened in a simple but comprehensive way with a good... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago