A new candidate has entered the VA Senate race this year, challenging former Governors Tim Kaine (D) and George Allen (R) for the seat being vacated by the retiring Jim Webb. Here’s his new ad: Yes, the candidate is Hank. He’s a cat, running on a platform stressing job creation, reducing negativity in campaigning, and […]

I wanted to share a couple of thoughts I’ve had in the last twenty-four hours or so, both because I think they’re important thoughts to share and talk about and to show how wildly my brain swings from topic to topic. First, I find it absolutely baffling that here, in the year 2012, a time […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum, placing ideological purity over a well educated American population, speaking to a group of Tea Party supporters in Michigan this weekend: President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college. What a snob…there are good decent men and women who go out and […]

Ever since I heard about it yesterday morning, I’ve been casting about for a proper way to talk about the Komen foundation’s decision to stop donating funds to Planned Parenthood (which does a lot of work to make early screenings for breast cancer available to all kinds of women), as a result of their “new […]

So, yesterday was the day that Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney released his 2010 tax returns. Sure, this sort of thing isn’t a requirement, but it’s one of those things that you do as a candidate, because it’s an indication of trust and openness (“hey, I have nothing to hide!”) and because it gives voters […]

Because I always link this, here’s the State of the Union Drinking Game for your imbibing pleasure. I’m not sure I’ll be watching. I’m really tired.

Today this site, along with thousands of others across the web, is going dark (from 8am to 8pm) to protest SOPA & PIPA, two bills currently flying through congress which will have wide-reaching consequences regarding security and freedom of expression online. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, please visit American Censorship dot Org, […]

The best thing about the Iowa Caucuses last night is that I didn’t stay up to watch the returns, because if I did, I’d be too tired to accomplish anything today, and I start work much too early anyway. However, the whole thing is laid out there for me, in chronological order on twitter, and […]

Let’s hope so, anyway. In any case, a whole lot of people who could really use them are getting some happy holidays, as last US troops prepare to leave Iraq. Welcome home, folks.

Only a week late on this piece from the WaPo, but I only just found it this morning: These Games may seem barbaric to some, but they’re a modern tradition. They get the Shoppers in from all districts of the nation, train and groom them, and then release them on the fateful morning towards the […]