Lions and Tigers and Socialists, Oh My!
admin | March 2, 2009
Socialism’s back as a “bad word.” Let’s scrub it up.
Take Away Lines
admin | February 25, 2009
Just sitting here, trying to come up with some pithy, witty thing to say in my Facebook status line about Barack’s State of the Union Address this evening. Rather than post there (or out-twitter John Dickerson or George Stephanopoulos on the issue), I decided to throw together maybe the “Top Five Take-away lines”– in no [...]
Inauguration Day – The Unexpected
admin | January 20, 2009
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My day started out with Pink Floyd’s “Learning To Fly” on the radio on my drive to the restaurant where I’d spend the better part of my day. Among many favourite Pink Floyd songs, that one’s certainly near [...]
Card Store (Hot Button)
admin | January 15, 2009
I still wear a campaign button on my leather jacket.
It replaces a red,white, and blue metal ribbon that’s been in place on that jacket since September 11, 2001 — in honor of six people I knew who’d been killed in the WTC incident.
I leave the button in place because I live in the reddest county [...]
In This Season of Returning Light
admin | December 24, 2008
I must say I’ve never written a blog post as a holiday greeting before.
You can thank the weather here in north-central Indiana.
I’ve been thinking about some kind of greeting to my friends at Digg and CenterLeft for a month or so now — but everything really gelled this afternoon, as I caught myself thinking that [...]
McCain: As Nice as he Sounds?
admin | December 14, 2008
I’m bothered by the way John McCain phrased things today. [McCain Whacks RNC, Defends Obama Over Blagojevich (VIDEO)] I want to believe that there’s nothing more to his words than is evident on the surface. That he just means that he believes Obama is, and will continue to be honest.
However, I know Karl Rove as [...]