Month: February 2014

Casual Observation

Not only is there no obvious replacement for the retiring Henry Waxman, but the up-and-coming generation of Democratic leadership in the House is pretty uninspiring. I hope to be pleasantly surprised. I’m hoping that...

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How to Keep the Poor, Poor

Let’s look at Robert Samuelson’s argument in the Washington Post: For starters, the poor are not poor because the rich are rich. The two conditions are generally unrelated. Mostly, the rich got rich by running...

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Christie Crimes Chronicles – Vol 1

The unfolding ‘Christie’ story presents the most significant opportunity to reestablish vast areas of good governance for the American people in my lifetime, imo. And I’m 63. Now I have ‘Christie’...

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Super Bowl Thread

I hope you enjoy the Super Bowl, or at least some of the commercials. I am pulling for the Seahawks because I like their style, and also because I have never liked John Elway. But Steven D is a big Broncos fan, so I’ll be...

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Pardon the Interruption

I apologize for the light blogging lately, but I should have announcements soon. When it comes to the Woody Allen thing, I think The Onion nailed it.

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