Author: BostonJoe

I’m going to keep this short, a talent I lack almost completely. Most of you probably saw some of the debate on C-SPAN yesterday.  A whole lot of Republicans very nervous about the lies and deceptions of the Iraq War...

My earliest and most lasting civics lessons came courtesy of the Saturday morning cartoon infomercials called Schoolhouse Rock.  My favorite all time episode was called I’m Just a Bill.  I was such a fan, and so...

My fingers are still a little numb.  It gets cold in Michigan, in November, even in this time of global warming.  But that didn’t stop about twenty people from showing up at our local Republican...

Bob Woodward, or at least Robert Redford playing Bob Woodward, is to me, the archetype of an investigative journalist.  Give me the facts, I’ll get my story no matter what, junkyard dog tough, the public has a right...

Come and listen, my children, to a tawdry little tale about Michigan politics.  A tale that will curl your hair.  And a tale that will, by contrast, make you all the more appreciative of the prosecutorial fairness of...