Month: November 2009

The damage done by the Bush administration to the rule of law occurred over a few years – relatively quickly in legal terms.  Repairing it will be a much longer task, as repairing always is. For more on pruning back...

Hello again painting fans. This week I’ll be continuing with the Cape May, New Jersey painting.  The photo that I will be using is seen directly below. I’ll be using my usual acrylics on an unusual 6 by 6 inch...

You know what would be classy? Max Baucus, the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is in Montana caring for his ailing mother. That seems important to me. I think Max should stay in Montana for as long as he feels it is...

I generally agree with Jay Cost’s analysis on where the health care bill stands right now. His analysis also supports what I’ve been saying about the general strategy of maintaining momentum by postponing the...

You might be a wingnut if you vote against a bill to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to baby because HIV-positive babies are a good way to teach mothers about the dangers of promiscuity. Making the...