Your Humble Blogger thinks of blognotes as essays of sorts, that is, according to the American Heritage Dictionary, as short literary compositions on a single subject, usually presenting my personal view. So when I saw The Best American Essays 2003…
Bye-the-bye, Gentle Readers, I’ve just read a fascinating article by Jay Rosen about the, well, about a report (the second link on that page, at the moment anyway) about the media coverage about Trent Lott’s comments about the 1948 presidential…
Ok, John Kerry said something stupid. Not as stupid as what Jessica Simpson said to Gale Norton, but pretty damn stupid. If he said it. Anyway, he either actually said or implied that (a) he’d been talking to leaders in…
I happened to be reminded of Granny D, who is on a voter-registration drive. Her—what, organization? gang? following?—web page, anyway, urges you to “Turn your office desk into a Voter Registration and Get-Out-The-Vote center!” Which is nice, and does some…
OK, so Malcolm Gladwell identifies three rules of social epidemics; I’ve blathered on and on about the Law of the Few, so it’s time to start talking about the Stickiness Factor. I’ll quote: The Stickiness Factor says that there are…
I’ve been reading quite a bit about the arguments, political and social, that have erupted over the marriage question. One thing that I still notice is the absence of sex from the discussion. It seems obvious to me that if…
This is a second draft of a note to Senator Kerry; the first draft was too long, and not clear enough. I hope this version is clearer; I know it’s shorter, and I hope it’s short enough. Further help would…
Well, and Your Humble Blogger has been asked about his lukewarm feeling for John Kerry. I haven’t gone into detail, partially because I find it depressing to talk about what I dislike about the man I will vote for in…
Your Humble Blogger feels hijjous hungover this morning. Perhaps it’s my just punishment for failing to drink last night. Happy (and peaceful) Purim, Gentle Readers all! Redintegro Iraq,-Vardibidian….
Your Humble Blogger has, like most of us bloggers on the left, ideas to help Sen. Kerry win the election this fall. While it’s true that any idea I have had has almost certainly already occurred to the highly-paid professionals…