Month: July 2008

Monica Langley, of the Wall Street Journal, is reporting on the short-lists for vice-presidential nominees: Obama: “His focus now includes five colleagues in the U.S. Senate — Joseph Biden, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton...

Monica Langley, of the Wall Street Journal, is reporting on the short-lists for vice-presidential nominees: Obama: “His focus now includes five colleagues in the U.S. Senate — Joseph Biden, Evan Bayh, Chris Dodd, Hillary Clinton...

Welcome back. This week we will be starting with a new painting.  I’m not quite ready to leave the dark to light painting process of our prior subject.  (I started with a dark brown background and added lighter...

All that’s needed is for something to happen to rile the ‘mahdi’ army and the ceasefire will end, as well as some Iraqi leader to demand “America tear down these Walls!” and the Real Purposes for...

Challenging the established parties and conventional wisdom in Washington is often considered an exercise in futility.  The degree to which that is true may depend on the goals of the challenge. For more on pruning back...