Author: Frederick Clarkson

Whether its a race for the state legislature or for Congress, in most places most of the time around the U.S. — incumbents rarely lose.  That makes special elections to fill unexpected vacancies, a rare opportunity to...

Talk to Action is getting some media traction — and we haven’t even graduated from our temporary site to our planned, fully interactive site, modeled on The Daily Kos and Booman Tribune. First, Z Magazine mentioned...

Here in Massachusetts, only about 13% of the registered voters are Republicans.  And despite huge efforts and lots of money in the last legislative elections, Republican Governor Mitt Romney was unable to increase the...

Democratic candidate for governor Deval Patrick is lighting up the Massachusetts blogosphere this summer. Patrick’s summer “blog blitz,” so dubbed by sco at .08 Acres and a Donkey, is an innovation in...

This week, we at FrederickClarkson.com have conducted a diligent and thorough national search to find the most qualified nominee for Theocrat of the Week. We are proud to announce that we have found that person:  Karen...