As honor dwindles, so does hope. Is hope a descendant of honor? If if is, perhaps a little hope can be derived from recent statements of members of Congress in response to […]
Congressional honor? A breeder of hope? Hold not your breath …
Nota Bene #114: Big Star
“The radio makes hideous sounds.” Who said it?
Nota Bene #102: Dancing Limbaughs
“What they really want to see is, they want you to chop your fucking arm off, hold up your arm, wave it around spewing blood, and believe me, if you did that, […]
Got change?
The buzzing topic of conversation throughout liberal America appears to be just how much change the new president brings to the table. His stalwart defenders rally to his side on comment threads, […]
S&R endorses voting
All of the co-bloggers at S&R debated an “official” endorsement of a presidential candidate. After much discussion, we ultimately decided not to officially endorse either John McCain or Barack Obama. However, I […]
Enough already. I'm calling this one for Obama.
by JS O’Brien The mainstream media is reminding me more and more of football announcers struggling to keep viewers from changing channels. Bud: Well, the Bumblin’ Bombers are down by 15 with […]
Weekly science journal Nature endorses a presidential candidate: Barack Obama (updated)
Science is the domain of logic, of data, of mathematics and argument and proof. Scientists are supposed to be trained to recognize their biases and then to ignore or compensate for them […]
Is McCain catching up? Maybe.
by JS O’Brien Conventional wisdom in presidential elections is that they almost always tighten near the end. Today’s Rasmussen Reports tracking poll, which shows Obama’s lead shrinking to +3, 50% to 47%, […]
GOP will cut losses soon, abandon McCain, and live to fight another day
by JS O’Brien Men who commanded other men in the age of close-order battle often wrote of the tell-tale signs of a rout. It seems that, in watching the battle from afar, […]
The polls are insane today, and why McCain is still fighting in Pennsylvania
by JS O’Brien As usual, I checked out the early polls this morning, spilled hot tea all over myself, and have spent the rest of the day trying to figure out what […]
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