Mukasey confirmation hearings
I listened to NPR on the way home from Mary Anne's tonight, and there was a segment about retired judge...
Archive for Politics
Political poll graphs
The Political Arithmetik blog has a steady stream of fascinating and well-presented graphs having to do with various political polls....
Privatization vs. government control
Feel free to use the following cogent and unanswerable argument whenever this topic comes up.
Edwards at Google
John Edwards spoke at Google on Wednesday afternoon; the video is now available on YouTube. I’ve posted a link to...
Richardson at Google
New Mexico Governor and Presidential candidate Bill Richardson spoke at Google the other day; the video is now available on...
Presidential candidates at Google
Two presidential candidates have spoken at Google recently; the videos of their talks are now available on YouTube: Hillary Clinton...
Jane Addams and Hull-House
At the end of Kriti, there was a music concert next door; I walked over with Mary Anne, but when...
Obama is in
As you probably all know by now, Barack Obama announced his candidacy for President today. I just watched the announcement...
Unrecognized countries
I got curious about various things about official recognition of national sovereignty, which quickly led me to Wikipedia's List of...
Safeword: “Palomino”
Saturday Night Live did a sketch recently showing a message from "Nancy Pelosi" (played by Kristin Wiig), about "San Francisco...
Book-shifting day, plus the Chicago Seven trial
This morning, I went over to Pam & Arthur's to help them move furniture and books; they're rearranging a bunch...
Some voting resources
Before I go to sleep, here are some websites that might be helpful in researching stuff on ballots, primarily in...