[Crossposted from my Real History blog.] I have a number of interesting correspondents, and one of them sent me something that was both so salient and so funny that I begged permission to share. Why should the study of history...
Read MoreWell, the only bill that could guarantee at least an audit (a handcount of paper ballots used or produced in the election), HR 811, the Holt bill, has been stymied in the Rules Committee yet again. It has to make it out of...
Read MorePromoted by Steven D I’m very concerned for our planet on so many levels. But my IMMEDIATE concern is with our vote. The question at this point isn’t what should be done. It’s what can be done. And nothing can...
Read MoreWow! She did it. Calif. Secretary of State Debra Bowen did exactly what a bunch of dedicated activists elected her to do. Summary below but details at http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_vsr.htm: She reviewed all the...
Read MoreI just finished listening on C-SPAN to Tim Weiner being interviewed by David Ignatius re his new book on the CIA. Weiner is remarkably misleading about the CIA’s record, especially in relation to the Kennedys. This is not...
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