Month: July 2010

The midterm elections look unfriendly to the Democrats at the moment.  They could change that picture, but it might require a challenge to their ostensible leader. For more on pruning back executive power see Pruning...

   Here I am once again & as promised  I will only post images of life that is not visible from the surface.    Many people tend to think that life in our oceans consists mostly of fish, crabs,...

Here’s an interesting and tragic development that comes, ironically, at the same time that a Bay Area jury gave a BART cop a conviction for involuntary manslaughter for shooting a black man, face down and handcuffed, and...

What’s happening with independent voters? They’re moving away from the Democrats. “This is not a liberal country,” said Republican strategist John Feehery, “but it is now being governed by liberals...

Michael Gerson is one of the few Republicans making any sense. In fact, if he follows the implications of his own logic, he’ll be hoping that the Republicans lose the midterm elections. If he were two degrees more sane,...