Posts in Politics

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Apr 25, 2005
Politics

You Don’t Apologize For Being Right

I touched upon two wildly different political viewpoints today in my reading. The first was from another Mac shareware developer, Eric Barzeski, who wrote a truly chilling blog entry about his freaky conservative beliefs in guns, guns, everywhere!...

Feb 16, 2005
Politics

Hillary Clinton and Pragmatism

From NewDonkey today: Hillary Clinton has just given us all a textbook case of what it really means to “seize the center”: it does not mean “moving to the right,” it means moving to higher and stronger ground.

Oct 25, 2004
Politics

Flailing about Mightily

Hundreds of tons of high explosives are stolen in Iraq after Hussein’s dictatorship collapses. Whose responsibility is it that this happened? According to Scott McClellan, spokesman for the White House, it is a problem that belongs to the interim ...

Oct 24, 2004
Politics

A Recursive History Lesson

This is from James Wolcott by way of the always incredible William Gibson (yes, that one): “The savage Iraq insurgency, a tragedy for the Iraqi people and the Americans and other foreigners who have been victims there, has unwound the future in wa...

Oct 24, 2004
Politics

Useful Advice

“It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.” Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Oct 23, 2004
Politics

Armchair Punditry

I feel like I’ve been engaging in armchair punditry for too long now. I’m going to play all my cards, and make my prediction for this election. We’ll see how realistic my guesses are in another nine days. I’m not going to touch this entry, but I’...

Oct 21, 2004
Politics

GO BOSTON!!!!!

I am not a huge baseball fan by any stretch of the imagination. Nonetheless, I was absolutely thrilled by watching the Red Sox crush the Yankees last night. I’m hoping for another Massachusetts win in a little under two weeks, too.

Oct 17, 2004
Politics

Badnarik! Badnarik! Badnarik!

First off, what the heck is the deal with the Republican flipout over Kerry’s reference to Mary Cheney in the third debate? Sure, I can understand being a little peeved over such a personal reference, but to listen to Lynne and Dick telling it, Ke...

Oct 13, 2004
Politics

Dred Scott and Roe v. Wade

I was as confused as everyone else during the last debate about what the hell Dubya meant when he started talking about Dred Scott. “Huh?” I asked myself, “I’m glad to hear he’s opposed to slavery…” Bush wasn’t actually wandering off into some bi...