Voter Registration in India October 29, 2008 Mumbai I landed last night on Diwali, the festival of light, welcoming the New Year on the Hindu calendar. Flying into Bombay the pilot announced that it was a little like flying into a city under attack because there were fireworks everywhere throughout the city. Taking a …
Month: October 2008
Voting Early
Voting Early October 27, 2008 Newark Getting ready to board a plane to Mumbai (Bombay) for a week of meetings with ACORN International’s staff and allies there and in Delhi, I’ll then fly overnight back for Election Day. Everything being equal I will land in New Orleans at 930 AM and get my vote …
Illogic of the Right October 27, 2008 New Orleans For the life of me I can’t help trying to figure out how the right wing really thinks about the country and the world. It is one thing to simply say that they start from a conspiratorial slant, but that is hardly unique to …