Month: September 2008

What’s Left for John McCain?

It’s going to be fascinating to see how John McCain plans to campaign with a hidden running mate. As far as I can tell, Sarah Palin has spent the last three days hiding in a hangar at the Philadelphia airport, with...

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Global No Confidence Vote: Running On Empty

The story that nobody is talking about this weekend nationally should be making your head spin and your heart flutter. Gas lines are back in America.  And the thing is, they may be here to stay for quite some time.While...

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Why I didn’t Watch the Debate

I already know who John McCain and Barrack Obama are, what they stand for, and what they plan to do. I didn’t need to watch the debate. And I believe if our electorate was well informed by our mainstream corporate media,...

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Saturday Painting Palooza Vol.164

Welcome back. This week we’ll be starting an entirely new painting.  We’re traveling cross country from Cape May, New Jersey to the Sonoran desert of southern Arizona.  Our new subject, a scene from that...

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The Right Abandons the Field

The crisis on Wall Street has demonstrated that conservatism has not a single idea remaining.  No one attempted an ideological explanation or way forward, and those who tried to frame it in partisan terms just looked...

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