Yeah, I think you ought to read it. I’m not going to gush like Chris Matthews last night (I’d feel safe making a bet that he wet his pants during Hardball), but I think Senator Obama managed to do a good job of hitting on the core elements of the race issue in America, highlighting […]

I’ve always liked Hillary Clinton. I’ve defended her honor in conversation many times in the face of unreasonable criticism. She’s always struck me as seriously smart, and able to somehow overcome all the crap that’s slung at her and still manage to be an effective public servant. Sure, she’s ambitious and triangulating (especially when it […]

Spotted today in Richmond on a powder-blue Mini Cooper S: No word on where this ticket stands on Unification, or labor relations on Canton.

Obama takes Virginia by about 20 points, and looks ready to get MD and DC by comfortable margins as well. Well, I think it’s good news, and as good an excuse as any to post this, which made me laugh:

We’re sending Andrew off to school this morning with a crisp stack of 100 individual emails, thanks, in large part, to a lot of you folks who read this drivel I write. Andrew had a lot of fun reading everyone’s messages, will send out his own “thank you” message to the assembled messengers at some point […]

Here’s what spun up this morning: “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” – Pink Floyd “Cause I’m A Blonde” – Julie Brown “Kiss Me On The Bus” – The Replacements “Shapeshifter” – Kay Hanley “Imperial March” – John Williams “Baby Will Roam” – Rusted Root “Body Movin’” – Fatboy Slim/Beastie Boys “Imaginary” – Evanescence “Diana” – […]

Given the near ubiquity of the “super tuesday” primary this week, there’s probably somebody out there who voted today (though reader demographics indicate that the people who visit here are most likely to be voting in either the “beltway primary” next week, or in PA’s April primary). While I’m writing this piece on and off […]

Amanda over at Pandagon comments and indirectly links to this study from the National Endowment for the Arts, which highlights the decline in reading among Americans. According to this study’s statistics, in 2002, only about half of Americans 18-24 read a book that wasn’t required by work or school. Getting up into my age bracket […]

That’s the story on this new office I’m working out of; apparently, the former Secretary of State once had an office upstairs in this building, with a private bathroom.  There are legends of people jimmying the lock in order to say they dropped the kids off at the General’s pool.   I haven’t found the place […]

I’m fully aware – now – that there are twenty selections this week. My mind wandered a bit as I was generating the list, and I didn’t notice until I hit eighteen (the number, not the Alice Cooper song, which, as far as I know, I don’t have a copy of). I figured since I […]