Paul Krugman: Bush exploits the 'mythic reality' of war. If you haven't read this op ed in the New York Times and elsewhere--it's worth reading. Sara Faherty of Buffalo called it to my attention, something for which I'm very grateful, not only … [Continue reading] about
Bluesing with the Bounce Well, you'd never know it, but I've been back on-line for about 5 days and no blog yet. Why? The simplest answer: the post-Republican convention blues and bounce--a mi no me gusta as they say in El Paso. I think this Bush … [Continue reading] about
The Latest Rudolf's Diner Issue is Out! Uncle Rudolf, Editor in Chief of Rudolf's Diner (to which I contribute my Eye on the Pie column) writes this: "Dear Readers, It's that time again: a.m., crickets, bleary eyes, and I'm about to wrap up the … [Continue reading] about
California Screamin' Driving from San Diego to Disneyland this morning I picked up Rush Limbaugh interviewing W. My first instinct was to switch channels, but then I thought, well, how often do I actually hear the President interviewed on a radio … [Continue reading] about
What Katie says Norman Mailer Says So I'm visiting Katie Laris in Santa Barbara. It's beautiful here. We had a lot of fun at the beach today. While our children were screaming for us to join them in the water, no doubt seriously in danger of … [Continue reading] about
Hoping for disappointment Drew Liebert lifted my spirits with this (seemingly continually updated) electoral math website. When you look at it you can't help but believe that John Kerry is going to win (even if you factor for the obvious flaw of … [Continue reading] about
Death of a legendary colleague Steve Thompson died early this morning as a result of an advanced cancer of the liver; he was 62. As the lobbyist for the California Nurses Association, I worked closely with Steve, who was, for the past 12 years, the … [Continue reading] about
One more thing... When you get to the Prairie Home Companion site, you have to scroll down to segment 2 and click on it to listen to Bush v. Kerry--I forgot that part. … [Continue reading] about
Political Humor These two bit(e)s of political humor really tickled me so much that I'm taking the liberty of posting them on the blog. One you may have seen--I certainly heard about it, but hadn't been sent it--it's the Will Farrell as Bush … [Continue reading] about
Craig v. Kerry This week I have been avoiding blogging a bit because all I want to talk about is Craig's List at www.craigslist.org. I knew about Craig's List (you probably do too) but I didn't know they had it in Sacramento--I thought it was just in … [Continue reading] about
Origin of Snouts Up (:) Faithful reader David Allgood writes to ask where the snout concept comes from, so I answer: It comes from the fact that I used to be obsessed with pigs and a lot of my old friends know that. I wanted to do something other … [Continue reading] about
3 Snouts Up for Crow Lake (:)(:)(:)* for Crow Lake by Canadian author Mary Lawson. Billed as the "best novel he read this year" by one of my brothers-in-law, I dove heartily into this self-proclaimed "shimmering tale of love, death and redemption" … [Continue reading] about