YetAnotherJohn on August 11th, 2008

Through the end of July this year, unions have contributed over $40 million to PACs for federal candidates (91% to democrats) and over $34 million to 527s (and guess which party will benefit from that money). But that is just

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  • Look up the word “Idiot” and you’ll seeSt Andrew the Incontinent’spicture next to it. What would you say Andrew if you’d found him out on the course? You’ve have done what you always do; you’d have gotten all

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2008

A site called The Dude Abides:

At 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 27, 2004, when I was the religion reporter (I am now its religion columnist) at the Chicago Sun-Times, I met then-State Sen. Barack Obama at Café Baci, a

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davidl on August 11th, 2008

What is the the only aspect of the legendary Camelot?   Well that is was a legend.   The Kennedy adminstration, which in the real world is remembered for the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis and American combat forces in

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2008

I think we now have a working definition of the word “arrogance”.  Barack Obama, it seems, is off on vacation. To my memory this has always been at least risky, and in reality, deadly to presidential candidates.  To my

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Eric Florack on August 11th, 2008

Awoke this morning to perhaps one of the loudest thunderstorms I’d ever heard in my life.

My first thought was for the computers, but as I listened, I realized I needn’t worry much.  I live perhaps 10 miles south of

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