Month: May 2008

Welcome back. This week we will be starting an entirely new project, but first some old business.  Seen in the photo directly below is our last project in a plein air style frame.  I was able to buy it for $14.99 at a...

The House and Senate have been unwilling to exercise one of their most important responsibilities, which suggests they may be looking at a different part of the dictionary than the rest of us. For more on pruning back executive...

{Originally posted at Senate Guru.} As I noted in my wrap-up of the OR-Sen Democratic primary, Speaker Jeff Merkley and the Democrats have the grassroots, the issues, and the momentum.  All Republican Gordon Smith has going...

I had the same reaction to reading Hillary Clinton’s assassination comment as many people here and in the media.  Either this was another insidious political dog whistle–the worst possible one–or more...

I want to tackle this RFK thing from a slightly different angle. Let’s for the moment put aside all talk of assassination and look at this from the perspective of what she was asked. She was asked why people are asking her...