Month: February 2008

Open Thread

Obama continues to pick up superdelegates: Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, D-S.D., has decided to endorse Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination. What’s on your mind? Gonna watch the debate...

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World’s Fish Stocks Dying Off

I like to eat fish. Salmon, flounder, mahi mahi, perch, tuna, halibut, you name it. Fried, baked, poached or raw, I’ll scarf it down. Unfortunately my children and grandchildren (and yours) may soon experience the absence...

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Some Thoughts on Abortion in This Cycle

One thing I’ve noticed in reviewing dozens of candidate websites is that almost no Democrats are listing anything about reproductive rights on their issues pages. From a research perspective, I consider this to be a pain...

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Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel

Is it wrong for me to hate all these people? The Christian Science Monitor had assembled the éminences grises of the Washington press corps — among them David Broder of The Post, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times and...

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