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Chris Matthews Has Lost the Tingle
2 comments on Chris Matthews Has Lost the TingleI never thought I would link to Chris Matthews, but here he is in full panic mode after his guy’s dismal performance (2:11):
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Cliff Notes on First Debate: Romney Wins on Nov. 6
Bear with me here, this will take a couple of sentences…
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His & Hers Candidates: When Love Is Stronger Than Politics
On November 6, the Web Goddess and I will walk down the hill to the Presbyterian church and fulfill our solemn civic duty of canceling each other out at the polls.
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Celebrating Ten Years of Father Bernie Poppe’s Ministry in Maplewood
Ten years ago this week, the Rev. Bernard W. Poppe led his first service as Rector of St. George’s Episcopal Church. I still remember how he started his first sermon.
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“47%” and “You Didn’t Build That”: Two Sides of the Same Coin
The election offers a stark choice between competing visions of the proper role for government.
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Never Forget
“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” That sentence is the purest possible distillation of my worldview, and September 11 is a powerful annual reminder of why…
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Why Do People Make Tendentious Statements As Though They Were Established Fact?
People who treat the opposition as fools or knaves or worse need to understand that they’re not likely to change any votes that way.
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The Video Clip Jon Stewart Would Make if He Were a Republican
This is brilliant — a compilation of near-identical sound bites from Obama’s campaign speeches in 2008 and 2012. Well worth a minute & 58 seconds of your time.
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“Sarge” Got Married — Now the Web Goddess and I Are Step-Grandparents!
On a brilliant sunny Saturday afternoon in Bremerton, across Puget Sound from Seattle, a handsome Navy petty officer and a lovely schoolteacher pledged to love and honor each other forevermore, as they became husband and…
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What National Election? Electoral College Is the Only Tally That Counts
For better or worse, we don’t have national elections in America. We have 51 state elections. Occasionally this matters a lot — just ask President Gore about his half-million-vote “national victory” in 2000.