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I had the opportunity to volunteer for the Barack Obama rally in Pittsburgh on Monday. A local organizer connected me to Sally Matts, so we...

Every once in a while, I get a sense of "deja vu all over again" about the presidential election. So, I went back and read my Nove...

I saw one of those political ads (sponsored by "Americans for Tax Reform") that spoke darkly about "changing the tax structur...

With the economy tanking, the government bailing out Wall St and many other problems, some things never change. The anti-abortion fanatics ...

That's such an amazing statistic, I'm surprised no one has raised it before. W. is reported to have graduated in the bottom 20th per...

I was always a big fan of Carl Sagan's. The science blog The Intersection has reminded us that Carl Sagan predicted the current anti-s...

"Notice how the taxation ring on the right is dark and quiet, even though the government needs the better part of an extra terabuck? I ...

I saw this headline at CNN today: "Palin incest spoof on SNL draws fire" but it was attached to a video and I didn't want to...

New York Times columnist Gretchen Morgenson was on NPR's "Fresh Air" today, and she succinctly summed up the problem with the...

E-mail or call your senator today to ask for caution and oversight. Senator Dodd's plan is more in the right direction than the "...

Offer more plans for dealing with the financial mess the Republicans got us into. There were way too many cozy deals being made for financi...

In the middle of the first set of Palin bruhahas, Obama's office released information some of us were waiting for: Barack Obama's an...

Bottle Shock has the look and feel of a nicely-photographed, well-cast indy movie...for about half of the movie. The other half of the movi...

That sort of thing doesn't happen often enough. I've had a very busy summer, dealing with some part-time jobs, some very busy volunt...

I liked the answer I got! Many Americans comprehend the difference between disliking our government and caring about our country. In fact, ...

Confluence is a small, friendly science fiction convention with a terrific con suite, lots of discussion and music! Our GoH is Joe Haldeman ...

I'm in the process of moving to a slightly different domain hosting program at Pair. As a result, my mail and Website may flake out ove...

" Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan writes in a surprisingly scathing memoir to be published next week that President ...

I was reading an acquaintance's LJ, and found some "oh it's part of the Kennedy Curse" whinging about the Senator Kennedy...

I've been busy with an interesting class (have a paper due this Thursday), following the local shooting of The Road , and, busiest of al...