Given the tightness of the polling and sheer number of candidates, in the top tier or otherwise, anybody who claims any authority in knowing how the Iowa Caucuses tonight are going to shake out is full of it, unless they tell you they have no idea. That doesn’t mean they won’t, or that we don’t […]

The following exerpt from this article at Poltico on Thursday once more describes a common theme I’ve seen pop up in primary coverage a lot, and in particular in the last week: …Stephens gushed about a different candidate: Elizabeth Warren. The Army veteran cited her health care plan and said he “like(s) a lot of […]

So on Saturday (before, one should note, the actual Articles were introduced) my friend and I did a thing: Impeachment Carols by D.J. McGuire D.J., internet-famous political pundit, Filk Ferret, and genuinely all-around good guy, writes a lot of songs; his particular specialty is parody, but he’s got some excellent originals as well. These tunes […]

Early yesterday afternoon, word came that Senator Kamala Harris has suspended her campaign for president. Given recent polling (she’d been stuck in the high single digits since around June, after her breakout “That Girl Was Me” moment) and the behind-the-scenes campaign turmoil, I’m not necessarily surprised, though I’m more than a little saddened; she’d been […]

It’s Friday. If you’re reading this entry contemporaneous to it’s posting, I’m either on my way to, or already at Atomacon in North Charleston, SC, where I’ve been scheduled as the Special Filk Guest for this year’s festivities. I’m looking forward to it, though a little intimidated; although I’ve been playing regularly as myself for […]

Has honestly been a pretty good week, when it comes right down to it. Apart from the fact that as he attended to higher-end management stuff in the C suite, I ended up sitting in for the boss on all kinds of other high-level meetings all week. I have had my fill of briefing big […]

As I do every year, because it’s really, really important, I am posting this friendly reminder to all of you out there to get out and vote, because that’s what responsible people do. Sure the big show is next year, but that doesn’t mean that these off-year elections aren’t important; in fact, they are very […]

Hasn’t been a terrible week, all told. I got some nice hiking in, had a pretty good open mic this month, made some new friends in my usual Thursday trip to have a drink at the grocery store bar, listened to the “new” Replacements record that just came out, and got some really good advice […]

Although she’s kind of taken a bit of a hit in the polls recently, Senator Harris has always been one of my top candidates; she seems to just have the right kind of no-nonsense attitude that I think would serve the office well. She’s also damn good at taking the piss out of all kinds […]

Still fighting this stupid flu bug/cold. Ugh. Every time I think I’m coming around the back side of it, my head slams shut again. As a result, this week’s sort of just floated by, a life of knocking out documents, sleeping, and popping figurative popcorn while watching political theater in the information age. As I […]