Month: October 2006

Black Revolution in the House

In the entire history of the country only fifteen black representatives and one senator have ever chaired congressional committees. Senator Blanche Bruce (R-MS, 1875-1881), Representatives Yvonne B. Burke (D-CA, 1973-1979),...

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These people are moral midgets

My title is a direct quote from Ohio’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Ted Strickland. The people to whom he’s referring are his Republican opponent, Kenneth Blackwell and Blackwell’s...

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Bush and Lieberman in Hot Water

“Stay the course!” That is all you will get from both Bush and Lieberman. Despite President Bush’s recent denials that “We’ve never been stay the course” and the NY Times’ FALSE...

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Open Thread

New Jersey has legalized gay marriage, although it still isn’t clear what it will be called. Here’s the decision (.pdf). This might have some political consequences for the midterms, but who cares? They did the right...

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Tony LaRussa and the Midterm Elections

non sequitur (noun) — 1. a conclusion or statement that does not logically follow from the previous argument or statement. 2. a kick-ass comic strip by Wiley Miller Looking at the title, you’re probably wonder,...

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