Month: May 2008

It’s D-Day and A Drink before You Go?

Today the Democratic Party Leaders, The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee, meet to decide whether the Michigan and Florida delegations will be seated in Denver. Will it be half a vote or another formula? At mid week, Party leaders...

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RBC Live Blogging

You can watch the Rules and Bylaws Committee live on CSPAN. James Roosevelt is discussing Florida now.

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Fukuyama Down Under

The view from Australia: FRANCIS Fukuyama is the American public intellectual who pronounced the end of history 19 years ago and was a neo-conservative, an idea and an ideology that both suggest he is out of date. To the...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.147

Welcome back. This week we will be continuing with the new painting of the Cape May Victorian started in last week’s installment.  The photo that I’m using is seen directly below. I am doing this piece in my...

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Bad Luck All Around

Sometimes things go wrong because no one could have anticipated how events would unfold.  Sometimes they do because of severely stunted powers of anticipation. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning Shears.I...

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