Paul Newman is dead. He died of lung cancer at age 83, at his home in Connecticut. He is survived by his wife, five children, and two grandchildren. He was one of the last of the great old stars, the...
I have bemoaned the fact that politics these days are all about gloss and image, simple statements and sound bites, with little to no room for complex thought. That it matters more whether a...
The economic bailout of Wall Street investment banks proposed by the Bush administration is only three pages long. If you click here to read it, you’ll have done more than John McCain apparently...
By most accounts Hurricane Gustav was not nearly as bad as it could have been, and New Orleans appears to have been spared—though it was only after the winds and rains of Katrina had died down and...
John McCain waited until after Barack Obama’s speech to make a superbly-timed announcement of his vice-presidential pick. Unfortunately for him, he undermined what were his best arguments against...
I must admit my first reaction to Joe Biden being chosen as Obama's running mate was “meh.” I’ve had running debates over Joe Biden with a friend for most of the primary season. She loves him,...