By Wink
As everybody knows by now, Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, a top African-American scholar, was arrested on July 16 and accused of disorderly conduct after police responded to a report of a possible burglary at his Cambridge home.
None of us were there, but we can probably guess what happened. The policeman, responding [...]
By Wink
The Senate has voted to block expansion of one of the country’s most controversial and expensive defense programs, the F-22 fighter jet. The vote gave the White House and Pentagon a key victory over congressional supporters of the F-22, many of whom represent states and districts where jobs are tied to the production of [...]
By Kasson
I have changed the banner to better reflect the site and its purposes. It is a picture from a recent trip to D.C. and is of (obviously) the Washington Monument taken from the WWII Memorial.
EDIT: If you cant view the new picture, you must delete your cache/temporary internet files. (Which may take more effort [...]
By Wink
The conspiracy nuts are always with us…
JFK had multiple killers. The moon landing was faked. Israel crashed those jets into the twin towers. The Holocaust didn’t happen. On and on they go.
I don’t really understand the pathetic people who continue to push these conspiracies, except for those whose sole desire is to sell books.( [...]
By Wink
These are the dog days of summer. There is almost nothing interesting happening, at least in OUR corner of the world.
The only political diversion is the process of approving Sonia Sotomayor as the next Supreme Court justice.
Because politics is a never-ending game, some conservatives tried to inflate some of her off-handed comments into ‘proof’ [...]
By Wink
How much influence does the Surgeon General of the U.S. have? Precious little, I think. It always seemed to me more ceremonial than functional. I imagine seeing the budget for this position would make me cry.
I guess being a ‘spokesman’ is a job. Previous ones have spoken out against smoking and in favor of [...]
By Wink
She stepped down? Why did she do that? The crazy spotlight of being a veep candidate runs pretty hot, but that race is long over.
There is a lot of strain in being the governor. I guess it would have taxed me too, but stepping down half way through your first term?
Whatever her motivations, [...]
By Wink
I have been gone.
I told you I was going to Boston, and so I did. I had a great time there, and then slipped down to D.C. for some additional historical sightseeing.
Did anything interesting happen while I was gone?
What? Michael Jackson died? You are joking, right??
I haven’t heard anything about it. Has [...]
