“In a race that involves an African American, a woman and…..John….” began...
Life Imitates Art at the LA Times – UPDATED
“How come there’s cuts in the newsroom when the company’s still...
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Myrtle Beach Voting Machine Debacle
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Depends on What You Mean by “Preserve”
Today appears to be the morning for focusing (again) on the Bush adminstration’s belief that...
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In one more instance of unilateral I-am-the-decider-ism in which George W. Bush knows better than...
Bill Bratton – Past and Future
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Cops, Sanity and Money
THE GOOD NEWS: Today the Los Angeles City Council voted 13 to 0 to reopen the discussion as to...
Mike Carona: “He Shot the Sheriff”
To further bastardize the words of the great Bob Marley, “And he also shot his deputy..(Oh...
Hoping Not to Get Snowed In….
Theoretically, I’m flying out of Vermont today via the Albany airport, and keeping my fingers...
Finding Relief
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Schwarzenegger, Topanga and the 10-Percent Solution
I’ve just gotten a slew of emails from my neighbors telling me that if Arnold Schwarzenegger...
Taking a Day Off….
I’m taking the day off from blogging to just to pay more attention to what I’m doing...
The Supremes & How We Vote
And while we’re on the subject of voting, should you have to show a photo ID in order to be...
The Desire to Matter
The above photo of New Hampshire-ites lining up to vote can’t help but be a cheering one, no...
Barack Obama and “the Feast of Language”
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