Month: October 2008

I think Josh Marshall does a good job of describing the atmospherics (and even some of the psychology) behind John McCain’s bizarre town-hall meeting yesterday in Minnesota. I don’t have much to add. I want to talk...

In the annals of government abuse of power, Sarah Palin’s sins are minor. On a human level, her infatuation with getting her ex-brother-in-law fired is even understandable. But that doesn’t mean that Sarah Palin and...

A court ruling this week put new pressure on the administration to release seventeen noncombatatants held at Guantánamo.  Their plight, and that of others similarly held, hint at the magnitude of the injustice there...

     Welcome back. This week we’ll be continuing with the Sonoran desert scene. I’m doing this on an 8×10 canvas in my usual acrylic paints.  The photo that I’m using is seen in...

. Pulling Away (Newsweek) – Asked which ticket they thought was most likely to bring about change if elected, voters said Obama-Biden over McCain-Palin 52 percent to 37 percent. Obama appears to have broadened his...