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Ralph Kinda Right, Kinda Wrong

New Orleans Ralph Nader has been riding the fence line for many a year to good result and much effect, even though he’s been on the highline at the timber edge for the last few years given the disdain many had for his quixotic runs at the White House.  He weighed in with a [...]

New Tactics As DREAM Deferred

Langston Hughes Poem

Orange Beach When looking at the Senate’s Saturday work, it’s important to remember the difference between people who volunteered and those who didn’t.  In DADT we are talking about some protection and relief for brave men and women who volunteered to serve and die for our country.  The defeat of the [...]

Party, Party, Party: Libs, Labor, and No Label

New Orleans During the World Series we finally learned something interesting about Barbara Bush that wasn’t horrific.  It turns out she knows how to keep the box score on a game.  While the Georges were rubbernecking and Laura was talking over her shoulder, the Iron Fist of Texas was dutifully minding the box score.  [...]

Americans No Longer Trust in S**t

New Orleans The Wall Street Journal did a Business Roundtable of sorts, and one thing should have been enough to scare the stuffing (a sop to Thanksgiving, ok?) out of the business community if they bothered to read it.  Journal reporter, Matt Murray, talked to Peter Hart, the Democratic pollster, and Bill McInturff, a [...]

Parties of Me Pretending to Be Parties of Thee

New Orleans Are you thinking and talking about the recent elections still?  Well, yes, I am because now is the time to prepare for the coming elections in 2 years.  In writing recently about the Tea Party and Me Party dominance in various elections, friends raised the new “top 2” primary system in California [...]