Month: November 2008

James Kirchick likes to crow about how the Netroots don’t matter. There are a few former (Republican and Democrat) office holders that might beg to differ. But, Kirchick is right about one thing. If Obama listened to the...

It must be fun to be a sourpuss: The other day, I was at a drugstore and the clerk was talking to what looked like a Baby Boomer who was discussing how he voted for Obama. They both scoffed that not many in Tennessee voted for...

Thank god for Hillary Clinton. Her pending nomination as Secretary of State means we can finally stop talking about Joe Lieberman.

Welcome back. This week we’ll be continuing with the painting of the grille of a 1949 Packard automobile.  The photo that I’m using is seen in the photo directly below.  I’ll be using my usual...

The Electoral College, when it is noticed at all, is usually dismissed as an anachronism at best and a foe of democracy at worst.  But some of our current problems might be more manageable if we made more use of it, not...