After we heard that AK governor Sarah Palin had been chosen as McCain's running mate, I wrote that I am "anxious to see how Palin handles the klieg lights of the national media circus." Well, it seems that the McCain campaign may simply see to it that she doesn't have to face the national media anytime soon. Marc Ambinder reports that a "senior McCain campaign official" told … [Read more...] about Who is Sarah Palin?
Sarah Palin will change the way government does business
And let's face it, she has some experience in this area. In fact, Sarah Palin has apparently made some major changes in the way Sarah Palin does business, and has done so in only six months. Buried at the very end of this Washington Post article on Palin's somewhat-dubious history as a champion in fighting the "old boys network" regarding pork-barrel spending comes this … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin will change the way government does business
‘With Palin, U.S. Right Revisits Dan Quayle and ‘Murphy Brown’: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
What lessons - if any -can one glean about the direction of the Republican Party from its embrace of an ultra-conservative working mother with a daughter pregnant out of wedlock? According to Jordan Mejias of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, it may indicate a change in course best highlighted by harkening back to the infamous Dan Quayle-Murphy Brown episode of … [Read more...] about ‘With Palin, U.S. Right Revisits Dan Quayle and ‘Murphy Brown’: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Here Comes Sarah
What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama?” “One is a well turned-out, good-looking, and let's be honest, pretty sexy piece of eye-candy. “The other kills her own food.” ... so jokes The Times (U.K.) in its piece, Sarah Palin: it's go west, towards the future of conservatism One might also ask, (albeit much less amusingly), "How do you know … [Read more...] about Here Comes Sarah
How to Combat Textbook Sales Woes
Amid reports this week that textbook sales are down at university presses while students flock to web sites offering pirated textbooks, there's this: If professors make chapters of a book available as e-reserves in the library, or get that material to their classes via Blackboard, students don't need to buy the book, and the professors may get out of having to pay a permission … [Read more...] about How to Combat Textbook Sales Woes
Joe Biden’s Take On The Republican Convention
Yesterday we ran the embed of Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech and this long roundup of news and weblog opinion on it. Now, Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden has given his take on the GOP convention. Biden certainly doesn't waste any time. He zeroes-in on what the convention left out (echoing comments from some … [Read more...] about Joe Biden’s Take On The Republican Convention
ArchBishop of SanFran “Invites” Nancy Pelosi 3rd in Line To Be POTUS, to “A Conversation”
Catholicism is rife with euphemisms, and ...following the Pope's actual intentions and motives is often reduced to a kind of Pope-omancy, interpreting a gesture or a smile as carrying volumes of unspoken information about the actual skivvy. The Church is not known for revealing the roots of its choices and decisions; nor its back-room gamblings and gambolings, so to … [Read more...] about ArchBishop of SanFran “Invites” Nancy Pelosi 3rd in Line To Be POTUS, to “A Conversation”
Palin Plane Not Sold on e-bay, not for a profit, sold to GOP contributor
Just today, for one of the few brief minutes we got to see Sarah Palin in public, John McCain enthusiastically related the story of how she took the former Governor's plane and sold it on e-bay "and she made a profit on it." Apparently... not so fast. One of the compelling anecdotes about Sarah Palin is that she auctioned off the Alaska governor's jet on eBay after taking … [Read more...] about Palin Plane Not Sold on e-bay, not for a profit, sold to GOP contributor
How much do Obama and McCain know about each other’s policies?
Ezra Klein raises an interesting point in response to McCain's assertion that Obama's health care plan "will force small businesses to cut jobs, reduce wages, and force families into a government run health care system where a bureaucrat stands between you and your doctor." Money quote: I should say, of course, that not only isn't this true, but it's nonsensical ... here's … [Read more...] about How much do Obama and McCain know about each other’s policies?
“Right” Convention, Wrong Country?
Listening to the various speakers during the Republican Convention, I got the distinct and very uncomfortable feeling that this event was taking place in some other country. A country where about one-half of its people are unpatriotic, disloyal, defeatist, “do not support the troops.” A country where only the ruling party believes in the culture of life, personal … [Read more...] about “Right” Convention, Wrong Country?
The Education of Sarah Palin
Sometimes I really hate it when I'm right. Particularly when it only takes a few hours to pan out. Earlier, I wrote the following: Sarah Palin will eventually show up for such questioning, but she’s going to look much more tired and haggard. It won’t be from the rigors of the campaign trail, though. Word will leak out from the McCain campaign that Palin is spending 14 hour … [Read more...] about The Education of Sarah Palin
McCain/Bush in 2008
Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant … [Read more...] about McCain/Bush in 2008
Mixed News For Republicans: McCain TV Ratings Higher Than Obama’s And Palin Polls Conflict
The Republican party got a double-whammy of potentially-good news today: Republican Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain's TV ratings soared beyond even Democratic Presidential nominee Barack Obama's -- and a new poll shows Mccain's Veep pick Gov. Sarah Palin is better-liked than McCain or Obama. But there was some not-so-good news: according to yet another poll, Palin is … [Read more...] about Mixed News For Republicans: McCain TV Ratings Higher Than Obama’s And Palin Polls Conflict
Civil Rights Roundup: 09/05/08
Your daily dose of civil rights and related news What are Gov. Sarah Palin's views on race and civil rights? Her Alaska record leaves a mostly-blank slate. California politicians are looking to challenge the LPGA's new English proficiency rule -- the only one of its kind in professional sports. Federal officials could not agree on whether a Muslim Imam from New Jersey … [Read more...] about Civil Rights Roundup: 09/05/08
Balance, Not Perfection
The Plain Dealer published this op-ed, written by me, on May 5, 2005. I cannot state any more clearly why I believe parents should share with other parents, "how they do it," and particularly a parent, such as Sarah Palin, who is holding out that status as a qualification for being second in line to the United States President. ------------------------- There's no … [Read more...] about Balance, Not Perfection
Republican Convention: Days Of Our Lives
When I was 17 years old, if I had told my grandmother Susie that someday I would read about a kid my age who knocked up the daughter of a woman governor, then two days later watched the kid and his girl and the governor hugging and shaking the hand of a candidate for President of the United States, Susie would have said, "You're crazy as a loon, boy." Well, these are … [Read more...] about Republican Convention: Days Of Our Lives
Sarah Palin’s Utopia of Wasilla
"Wasilla: The Meth Capital Of Alaska." That's the title of a post by Andrew Sullivan, who quotes an article from the Juneau Empire. Now, it this fair game? Is this an issue for the presidential race? Yes, in a way. Let me explain. Obama is from Chicago (if not originally), and Chicago obviously has its problems, but he hasn't romanticized or mythologized Chicago the … [Read more...] about Sarah Palin’s Utopia of Wasilla
Troy Anthony Davis execution date set (UPDATED)
Update: The clemency hearing has been set for Friday, Sept. 12th. ************** The recantations of seven of the nine witnesses against him and support from Amnesty International, Hollywood celebrities, civil rights activists, the European Parliament, and Pope Benedict XVI have not stopped the Georgia Department of Corrections from ordering the execution to take place … [Read more...] about Troy Anthony Davis execution date set (UPDATED)
Bob Woodward on Bush’s Iraq Gamble
The President and Gen. David Petraeus exchanged betting metaphors in planning the Surge, according to Woodward's new book to be published next week. In January 2007, when Bush told the new Iraq commander that the Surge was an attempt to "double down," Petraeus replied, "Mr. President, this is not double down. This is all in." Five years and thousands of American lives … [Read more...] about Bob Woodward on Bush’s Iraq Gamble
Republicans For Obama: Palin Choice Has Helped Us
Republicans for Obama has just sent out a press that says GOP Presidential nominee Sen. John McCain's choice of Gov. Sarah Palin for Vice President has helped the group out: It looks like "social conservatives" aren't the only group of Republicans motivated by John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his running mate. Another group-- Republicans for Obama-- is … [Read more...] about Republicans For Obama: Palin Choice Has Helped Us