This is the text of my letter-to-the-editor printed Feb. 2, 2008, in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the very day I attended Obama's first rally here. I was a mere 30 feet from Obama amid a sea of 20,000 souls...
Perhaps out of statistical conservativism, Nate Silver over at fivethirtyeight,com predicts Missouri will no longer be the Bellwether State after tonight. I disagree. Obama will take MIssouri by two points or better, and I'll tell you why in a moment....
What will we do when the election is over and the crusade to elect Obama has ended?(Please feel free to add your own ideas)■ I will open a clinic to rehabilitate Republicans addicted to simplistic ideas. Therapy will consist of...
By every measure, the 2008 election has riveted the interest of American voters more than any in recent memory. In the short run, greater participation has to be a good thing for the democratic process. But in the long run,...
... giving me back Hope in many forms:Hope that this country might finally live out its principlesHope that we can soon bring our troops home and close a misbegotten warHope that we will ride out the economic storm and rise...
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I can't be sure, but the Obama campaign's recent half-hour ad may have drawn something from the videotape I sent them this spring. It was an original 1992 Clinton campaign video "The Man from Hope," one of the few copies...
The BBC reports this morning that Syria is claiming four U.S. helicopter gunships struck a construction area in a village within its territory just across the border from Iraq, killing eight, including a boy and a woman. Apparently, the U.S....
If John McCain were any kind of man, he wouldn't hide his depraved campaign conduct behind debates and talk-show appearances that display a kinder, gentler politician than the one smearing Barack Obama.While he has often pleaded ignorance of the ads...
If you haven't yet read the TPM frontpage items in the left-hand column titled "McCain's Legions" and "A Doozy" and watched the videos they headline, you will be stunned by the time you have.Here it is 3:45 in the morning...
On CBS's webcast after TV debate coverage, Joe Wurzelbacher (the Plumber) told Katie Couris that he wanted to ask Obama tough questions, but "Unfortunately, that's all I got. A tap dance. Almost as good as Sammy Davis, Jr." Is it...
I said "Good-bye" but couldn't stay away long. The breather helped and the new tools are too tempting. Much better than the old "tools" (if you know what I mean).So cheers to everyone who wished me well and wished I'd...
I wish I could say it's been fun lately, but it hasn't been.Many of the gentler, more insightful people here have departed for the Gray Havens.What's left are a few good people (yeah, you know who you are) and a...
The Dow dropped more today than any day in history, 778 points according to MSNBC.It has been reacting negatively to the current crisis for weeks now. But what the hell does your grandpa and grandma's retirement fund know? Or that...
If you still aren't sure why a bailout is necessary, how our current financial crisis came to be and why it isn't just the fault of greedy Wall Street investment houses, you owe it to yourself to read this entire...
Jan 20, 2009Today I became Commander and Chief of the Bounty amid some fanfare. As I well understand the burden of my duties from my years as prisoner of war in the Orient, I took up my office with not...
Jan 20, 2009Today I became Commander and Chief of the Bounty amid some fanfare. As I well understand the burden of my duties from my years as prisoner of war in the Orient, I took up my office with not...
There is only one reason McCain went to Washington this week. He needed to pick up the shiv he'll stick in Obama's back at Ole Miss tonight.Now, as McCain announces he'll attend tonight's debate, the nature of that crude blade...
