Palling Around With Robots
As we all know, John McCain’s campaign has been making robo-calls to battleground states. The robots are saying that "you need to know" Barack Obama had very close personal relations with a former...
View ArticleDid Powell's Ringing Endorsement Ring True?
General Colin Powell gave a ringing endorsment to Senator Barack Obama today. While much of what Mr. Powell said has been heard before, a few of his points of emphasis were both original and...
View ArticleA Really Great Job
Sarah Palin stated in an interview that a Vice President "has a really great job." She further stated that a Vice President is "in charge of the US Senate so if they want to they can really get in...
View ArticleOur First Words.
Obama. O-Bam-A. It might be the first word uttered by a child. And, for so many of us, it is. O-Bam-A. So simple. Universal. At once a name and a sigh of relief. It is the universal symbol of...
View ArticleThe End of the Other
In his first inaugural on January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan addressed the country’s economic malaise saying: "Government is not the solution to our problems; government is the problem." This principle...
View ArticleThe Dishonorable Presidential Campaign of Senator John McCain: Is Losing Enough?
The press is characterizing John McCain’s concession speech as "gracious." The campaign tactics of McCain and his oh-so cute running mate Sarah Palin, seem to be forgotten. We’ve got a new "news...
View ArticleWhat Will Your Role Be?
Many of us worked hard to elect Barack Obama and fought hard for what he represents. We made phone calls, knocked on doors, made donations, $5, $10, $200. Some of us monitored the polls, gathered and...
View ArticleWhat will your role be? What will you sacrifice?
Many of us worked hard to elect Barack Obama and fought hard for what he represents. We made phone calls, knocked on doors, made donations, $5, $10, $200. We monitored the polls, gathered and loaded...
View ArticleThe Sunshine in Litigation Act is a Little Cloudy
When corporations get sued, they hire armies of lawyers if necessary to slip out from under the litigation, using any and all means. The cornerstone strategy of a corporate lawyer is delay, and lots...
View ArticleVoting Forward On California’s Prop 8
I am a straight male. I voted No on Proposition 8. I also voted No on George Bush 4 years ago. I lost in both cases. The results seemed unfair in each case. But the process was fair.As we all...
View ArticleBuyer Beware: Are Low Gas Prices Giving You Amnesia?
Our leaders have been talking about ending our dependence on foreign oil since at least the early 1970s. But almost 40 years later nothing appreciable has been done. The oil companies still rake in...
View ArticleObama Picks Semi-Corporate Lawyer As Attorney General
CNN reports Obama has picked Covington & Burling attorney Eric Holder as his attorney general. He was deputy attorney general under Clinton: If confirmed, Holder would be the first...
View ArticleThe Politics of Stimulus
There was never any doubt that the House would pass whatever stimulus package President Obama and the Dems put forth. Republicans simply did not have enough votes to block it. And so it finally...
View ArticleThe Post Partisan: Everywhere and nowhere
People often compare the current economic crisis to the Great Depression. But it's a lot different, and more worrying, because it's global in scale. The nature of modern high finance, with its...
View ArticleWall Street Pay Caps, Ayn Rand and the Tyranny of Self-Interest
The populist uproar is deafening regarding the excessive salaries and bonuses on Wall Street. Over $18 billion in bonuses paid to Wall Street barons in 2008--big rewards for total and utter failure,...
View ArticleThe Trillion Dollar Era
When news came out about the Wall Street bonuses in 2008 totaling about $18.4 billion, a funny thing happened. Before long people started rounding the figure up. But we weren’t rounding up to $18.5...
View ArticleThe Paradox of Thrift: Can Consumer Spending Save The Economy?
The "paradox of thrift" holds that if everyone attempts to save more at the same time, the total amount of savings will actually decrease. Because in saving more, we spend less. That means the national...
View ArticleEnd the Gridlock, Choose Democracy over Ideology: Support Open...
Are you exasperated by the partisan bickering and gridlock in Washington that continues despite the best efforts of an enlightened, forward-looking President? What about the ideological rancor within...
View ArticleCalifornia Open Primaries Would Help Independents
Independents would be the true beneficiaries of California's open primary initiative because primaries will occur on a more level playing field. In the long term, bringing more moderate viewpoints,...
View ArticleThe Many, Many Flaws of Instant Run-Off Voting
Support the open primary initiative in California, since it would produce more moderate, pragmatic candidates (narrowing the ideological extremes in Sacramento and reducing wasteful gridlock) and help...
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