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Why I Went to Washington In the 1960s, I grew up in a lily-white, mostly middle class small town in New England. About the only black peo...

It's possible I might see a better movie in the next two weeks, but I doubt it. When history is known (like, say, with the upcoming WWII...

The Obama change.gov site has invited Americans to submit their vision for changing the country. Here's what I sent them: The Obama ca...

After two federal elections with some questionable results, Americans showed yesterday that the more people who vote, the harder it is for t...

I'm very happy he's won. I give Senator McCain credit - he gave a very fine concession speech.

Keep it alive - if you are registered, vote tomorrow! Don't stand for people engage in vote fraud, vote suppression or anything else tha...

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...