Month: April 2016

I was just shy of five years old when Richard Nixon resigned. There were some interesting political events when I was coming of age (Reagan was almost assassinated when I was in sixth grade, for example, and Al Haig told us all...

I mostly liked Jamelle Bouie’s article on Bernie Sanders and his campaign or “movement” or whatever you want to label it. The piece is largely accurate, and it’s realistic and filled with solid advice for...

On April 14th I posted a story (which I have now deleted) that stated the voting hours for many people living in New York state had been “cut by six hours” if they lived in a county outside NYC, its suburbs and Erie...

I really don’t like Ted Cruz, but I’m taking pleasure in seeing him expose Donald Trump as a fraud by showing that Trump is the furthest thing from a winner and that he can’t even make his own campaign great...

Well, that didn’t go too badly except for the brief period of time that I got left alone to defend the whole midfield. My legs held up fine and my speed was more than adequate. Predictably, I was easily winded, but I still...