NewOrleans Watching Steve Colbert on TV at the gym, I saw a complementary rerun interview with the head spokesperson for Americans Elect (www.americanselect.org). He described their petition effort to establish a 50-state ballot place for a slate of candidates in the 2012 Presidential election. His rap was that this internet facilitated process would be a …
Month: August 2011
Republican Mansions by the Sea
New Orleans You get the feeling that the popular Republican political embrace of “servant” leadership is more like a simple handshake or an air kiss than a full pressure bear hug. Too many of them seem to be saying, well “me first” and then, hey, if I have time, I might squeeze in a couple …
The Right Wing’s Marriage Paradox
New Orleans One of the most interesting social changes whose long shadows go back to the dam burst of social values in the 1960’s is the long lasting disaffection with the institution of marriage. Not being a marriage booster (why surrender to the “oppression of the Church and State?”), I follow all of these numbers …