Thu 14 Jul 2022

• CONSTITUTIONALISM UNDER STRESS
  Both At Home and Abroad

Thu 4 Mar 2021

• BETTER LATE THAN NEVER
  The 2020 Elections, and what they might portend
  now that they're [finally!] all over

Tue 3 Nov 2020

• LONG [ELECTION] DAY's JOURNEY INTO.....
  Patience will certainly be a virtue
  as we all await final results

Wed 28 Oct 2020

• DON'T COUNT YER CHICKENS...!
  Defeat Snatched From the Jaws of Victory more than a century ago

Sun 30 Aug 2020

• A summary of the 2020 REPUBLICAN PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION

Sun 23 Aug 2020

• A summary of the 2020 DEMOCRATIC PARTY NATIONAL CONVENTION

Mon 17 Aug 2020

• LET THE 'ZOOM' MEETINGS...
  I MEAN, CONVENTIONS BEGIN!

Fri 15 May 2020

• THE PANDEMIC AND THE POLICE POWER
  American Constitutionalism at work
  in the era of COVID-19

Mon 16 Mar 2020

• NO EASY TIME
  Coronavirus begins to impact upon the 2020 Presidential Election cycle

Mon 9 Mar 2020

• WELL, *THAT* WAS QUICK!
  The 'landscape' of the Democratic Party presidential nomination
  battle is now greatly changed

Mon 2 Mar 2020

• HEADLONG INTO A "BUZZSAW"
  'Super Tuesday' may not clarify, but will begin to clarify,
  the Democratic Party presidential nomination race

Fri 28 Feb 2020

• NOT SO SLEEPY A TIME DOWN SOUTH
  The Palmetto State now sets things up for 'Super Tuesday'

Fri 21 Feb 2020

• NO SAFE BET... YET
  Nevada but a warm-up to South Carolina

Mon 10 Feb 2020

• SEVEN BLOCS OF GRANITE
  The Democrats limp on to
  New Hampshire from the Iowa mess

Sun 2 Feb 2020

• Iowa_Caucuses_2020_Preview
  IT'S STILL THE DELEGATES, STUPID!
  A first look forward as the 2020
  Presidential Nominating Process begins

Tue 21 Jan 2020

• AND SO... HERE WE ARE
  Notes on the eve of the Impeachment
  Trial of President Trump

Sat 5 Oct 2019

• THE CHALLENGES WITHIN IMPEACHMENT
  Some thoughts on the third Presidential Impeachment Inquiry during my lifetime

Tue 25 Jun 2019

• A NEW FORMAT FOR A NEW ELECTION CYCLE
  The Dems now try to avoid what was faced by the GOP in pre-Primary Debates for 2016

Tue 23 Apr 2019

• AFTER 'MUELLER TIME'
  Politics and Prospects in the
  Post-Mueller Report era

Sat 8 Dec 2018

• STORM WARNING:
  So, what came out of the 2018 American Elections?

Mon 5 Nov 2018

• An ELECTION 2018 Preview:
  Races to Watch

Mon 4 Jun 2018

• COMING OF AGE DURING A RATHER STORMY SPRING
  Remembrances of a Presidential
  Nomination campaign so very long ago
  a SPECIAL [repeat] Presentation of The Green Papers

Thu 20 Jul 2017

• OUT OF CHAOS MAY YET COME ORDER... MAYBE
  On the first six months of the Trump Presidency

Thu 19 Jan 2017

• TRANSFER OF POWER, TRANSFORMATION OF POLICY
  Donald Trump takes the helm of the 'Ship of State'

Thu 10 Nov 2016

• Post_2016_Election_Review
  A REQUIEM, BUT NOT AN AUTOPSY
  Notes on the Aftermath of Election 2016

Mon 7 Nov 2016

• YES, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE!
  Events of the past to contemplate
  going into Election 2016

Thu 20 Oct 2016

• Wednesday 19 October 2016: 3rd (and final) US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  at University of Nevada-Las Vegas
  scheduled for 90 minutes starting 9 PM Eastern Time US [0100 GMT]

Mon 10 Oct 2016

• Sunday 9 October 2016: 2nd US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of 3)
  at Washington University- St. Louis, Missouri
  scheduled for 90 minutes starting 9 PM Eastern Time US [0100 GMT]

Wed 5 Oct 2016

• Tuesday 4 October 2016: lone US VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  at Longwood University- Farmville, Virginia
  scheduled for 90 minutes starting 9 PM Eastern Time US [0100 GMT]

Wed 28 Sep 2016

• Monday 26 September 2016: 1st US PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of 3)
  at Hofstra University- Hempstead, New York
  scheduled for 90 minutes starting 9 PM Eastern Time US [0100 GMT]

Sat 6 Aug 2016

• SEARCHING, BUT IN VAIN
  for a better way of nominating
  candidates for the American Presidency

Fri 29 Jul 2016

• Dem Convention Day 4 redacted tweets
  DAY 4 of the 2016 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in the Wells Fargo Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Thu 28 Jul 2016

• Dem Convention Day 3 redacted tweets
  DAY 3 of the 2016 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in the Wells Fargo Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Wed 27 Jul 2016

• Dem Convention Day 2 redacted tweets
  DAY 2 of the 2016 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in the Wells Fargo Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tue 26 Jul 2016

• Dem Convention Day 1 redacted tweets
  DAY 1 of the 2016 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in the Wells Fargo Center: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Fri 22 Jul 2016

• GOP Convention Day 4 redacted tweets
  DAY 4 of the 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in Quicken Loans Arena: Cleveland, Ohio

Thu 21 Jul 2016

• GOP Convention Day 3 redacted tweets
  DAY 3 of the 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in Quicken Loans Arena: Cleveland, Ohio

Wed 20 Jul 2016

• GOP Convention Day 2 redacted tweets
  DAY 2 of the 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in Quicken Loans Arena: Cleveland, Ohio

Tue 19 Jul 2016

• GOP Convention Day 1 redacted tweets
  DAY 1 of the 2016 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
  met in Quicken Loans Arena: Cleveland, Ohio

Fri 29 Apr 2016

• LONG SPOONS MEASURING DESPERATION
  The Republican Party and its presidential contenders
  now at their respective "Rubicons"

Mon 25 Apr 2016

• LOOKING AHEAD
  Part Two: the DEMOCRATS

Mon 18 Apr 2016

• LOOKING AHEAD
  Part One: the REPUBLICANS

Sat 19 Mar 2016

• THE TIES THAT BIND-- OR DO THEY?
  or, Politicus Unbound

Thu 17 Mar 2016

• CRYIN' IN ONE's OWN BEER
  Where we now stand in both Major
  Parties' presidential nomination processes

Mon 8 Feb 2016

• BEING THERE
  From Iowa to New Hampshire '16

Mon 18 Jan 2016

• PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
  The 2016 Presidential Nomination
  "Pre-Season" can't end soon enough

Tue 13 Oct 2015

• MEANWHILE, THERE ARE *OTHERS* ALSO RUNNING!
  The first Democratic Party debate re: 2016 is here

Wed 16 Sep 2015

• WELCOME BACK, MY FRIENDS,
  TO THE SHOW THAT NEVER ENDS
  The next GOP presidential debate now beckons

Thu 6 Aug 2015

• A BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS
  AND A PARTY's SOUL
  The GOP presidential nomination
  contest now truly gets underway

Sat 11 Jul 2015

• BATTLE SCARS YET TO FULLY HEAL
  On the Public Display of the Confederate Battle Flag

Thu 2 Jul 2015

• FIELD OF DREAMS...
  in the heads of GOP presidential contenders, that is!

Wed 26 Nov 2014

• "OMG! THE SKY IS FALLING!!"
  Keeping a Cool Head re: President
  Obama's recent 'Executive Action'

Wed 19 Nov 2014

• THOUGHTS COMING OUT OF 'GETTYSBURG'

Sun 9 Nov 2014

• LOOKING BACK EVEN
  WHILE LOOKING FORWARD
  A 'First Read' of the political
  "tea leaves" coming out of Election 2014

Mon 1 Sep 2014

• BLOWS AGAINST THE "EMPIRE"
  The 'Islamic State' and
  the Ukraine Crisis in American Politics

Sat 23 Aug 2014

• A STATE OF CONFUSION
  yet the 'Islamic State'
  well throws down the gauntlet

Sat 19 Jul 2014

• A 'GIFT' FOR THE 'EMPEROR',
  WRAPPED IN UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY
  On the shooting down of
  Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17

Wed 18 Jun 2014

• IRAQ IN RUINS
  the failure of which may be but
  a "symptom" of a greater "disease"

Fri 16 May 2014

• CUTTING THROUGH ALL THE CRAP
  Two Myths surrounding the Ukraine Crisis

Wed 26 Mar 2014

• SO, WHAT NOW?
  With Crimea annexed to Russia,
  the World pauses to collect its breath

Thu 6 Mar 2014

• THE VIEW FROM THE BRINK
  The 'Ukraine Crisis' now casts a shadow over Election

Sat 1 Mar 2014

• A quick look at the "Big Picture" going into the 2014 Midterm Elections

Sat 11 Jan 2014

• THE VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
  A potential traffic tie-up along NJ
  Gov Christie's road to the White House

Fri 22 Nov 2013

• ON THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
  a SPECIAL [repeat] Presentation of The Green Papers

Fri 8 Nov 2013

• A TALE OF TWO ELECTIONS:
  'NJ 2013' already casts a long shadow over
  the 2016 GOP presidential nomination contest

Thu 12 Sep 2013

• OLIVE BRANCH?... or FIG LEAF?
  The President's televised appeal
  versus the course of Diplomacy

Tue 10 Sep 2013

• ON THE HORNS OF A DILEMMA
  Selling Military Action against
  Syria to the American People

Tue 23 Jul 2013

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' IS
  NOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part Seven)

Sun 14 Jul 2013

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' IS NOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (section 2 of 'Part Six')

Tue 9 Jul 2013

• OF INSULTS AND EPITHETS
  When resistance to 'Political
  Correctness' goes awry

Thu 4 Jul 2013

• OPENING A NEW CAN OF WORMS:
  NSA data-mining and its impact
  in (and upon) Europe

Thu 13 Jun 2013

• I'VE GOT A SECRET!: Government Secrecy and its often associated Peremptory Arrogance

Tue 11 Jun 2013

• HERE WE GO AGAIN!
  Communications Data Collection for Intelligence
  Purposes and the 4th Amendment

Fri 7 Jun 2013

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' IS NOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (section 1 of 'Part Six')

Fri 31 May 2013

• Why James Comey should not be FBI Director---
  even though he, in due course, will be

Fri 17 May 2013

• 'CAUSE I'M THE TAXMAN:
  Political Scandal involving the IRS might
  well harm the GOP as much as the Democrats

Mon 6 May 2013

• Constitutional Ramifications flowing from the Boston Marathon Bombing

Wed 24 Apr 2013

• Further Thoughts engendered by the Boston Marathon Bombings and their Aftermath

Fri 19 Apr 2013

• The Boston Marathon Bombings shatter memories almost
  (though not nearly) as much as they shattered lives

Thu 17 Jan 2013

• The History of American Presidential Terms of Office starting on a Sunday

Sat 10 Nov 2012

• What did Presidential Election 2012 all mean, in the end, anyway?

Mon 5 Nov 2012

• What to look for come ELECTION 2012

Wed 24 Oct 2012

• Looking back at this whole "Month of Debates"
  before looking ahead to Election Day itself

Tue 23 Oct 2012

• FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2012
  Monday 22 October 2012
  Location: Wold Performing Arts Center: Lynn University-- Boca Raton, Florida
  Subject: Foreign Policy and National Security
  Moderator: Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent

Mon 22 Oct 2012

• Why a Presidential Debate on Foreign Policy might yet loom
  large during an Election campaign focused on the Economy

Wed 17 Oct 2012

• SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2012
  Tuesday 16 October 2012
  Location: David Mack Sports Complex: Hofstra University- Hempstead, New York
  Subject: various (because of the format of this debate)
  Moderator: Candy Crowley of CNN [Cable News Network]

Tue 16 Oct 2012

• The ordinary "voter in the street" now gets his/her
  turn to grill the Major Party presidential candidates

Fri 12 Oct 2012

• 2012 VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  Thursday 11 October 2012
  Location: Norton Center for the Arts: Centre College-- Danville, Kentucky
  Subject: various Foreign Policy and Domestic issues
  (this being the only Vice-Presidential Debate of this election campaign)

Thu 11 Oct 2012

• Does President Obama really need Vice-President Biden
  "in there pitching" to offset his own First Debate 'loss'?

Thu 4 Oct 2012

• FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2012
  Wednesday 3 October 2012
  Location: Magness Arena- University of Denver: Denver, Colorado
  Subject: Domestic Issues

Wed 3 Oct 2012

• This "Month of Debates" now gets
  to set the stage for the coming
  Denouement of the Presidential Election Campaign

Sun 16 Sep 2012

• MEMORIAL vs. REMEMBRANCE
  A Decade after its First Anniversary,
  9/11 now prompts newer questions

Sat 8 Sep 2012

• ON THE 'ON RAMP' AND
  ACCELERATING TO SPEED
  The General Election phase of the campaign
  for the Presidency is now- finally!- underway

Fri 7 Sep 2012

• Day 3: 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Thu 6 Sep 2012

• Day 2: 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Wed 5 Sep 2012

• Day 1: 2012 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION

Mon 3 Sep 2012

• BARACK OBAMA's TURN
  The President and his Party will now have to
  well demonstrate why he should be re-elected

Sun 2 Sep 2012

• A PRACTICAL LESSON IN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
  AND A GUIDE TO RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE

Sat 1 Sep 2012

• SO... WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN?
  Did Mitt Romney and the Republicans actually do
  what they had to do at the GOP's Convention?

Fri 31 Aug 2012

• Day 4 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Thu 30 Aug 2012

• Day 3 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Wed 29 Aug 2012

• Day 2 of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Tue 28 Aug 2012

• Day 1 (uh-- sorta) of the 2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

Mon 27 Aug 2012

• MITT ROMNEY's WEEK
  The Republican Convention gives the GOP presidential candidate
  an open opportunity to tell the Nation (and the World)
  just who he really is

Mon 13 Aug 2012

• THE SUMMER OF THEIR [RESPECTIVE] DISCONTENTS
  Romney chooses Ryan as his running mate
  and the stage is already set for the Fall Campaign

Wed 4 Jul 2012

• SIX WAYS TO SUNDAY
  If Mitt Romney should be elected President,
  just where- and how- will he take the Oath of Office?

Sun 1 Jul 2012

• HEALTHY DEBATE AND DISCUSSION
  The effect on the 2012 Fall Campaign of the
  Supreme Court's Health Care Law decision

Fri 8 Jun 2012

• THE CAT IS- FINALLY!- OFFICIALLY
  OUT OF THE SEE-THROUGH BAG
  Mitt Romney's formal delegate commitments
  put him over the "magic number"--
  but now what?

Sat 2 Jun 2012

• Notes on the meteoric Rise and ignominious
  Fall of former Senator John Edwards

Fri 25 May 2012

• A NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
  Mitt Romney sweeps the latest GOP Primaries
  while Barack Obama hits a few "speed bumps"

Thu 17 May 2012

• THE REVOLUTION PROBABLY
  WILL NOT BE TELEVISED
  Ron Paul suspending his active campaigning now
  gives Mitt Romney the nomination "free and clear"--
  or does it?

Mon 14 May 2012

• SWITCHING OVER TO GENERAL ELECTION MODE
  Romney continues gathering delegates
  while, as for President Obama, one
  can only say "AWK-ward!"

Mon 7 May 2012

• THAT's IT... BLAME THE MESSENGER!
  More thoughts on why the GOP National Convention
  will end up only frustrating "stealth delegates"

Sun 29 Apr 2012

• STEALTHY IS AS STEALTHY DOES...
  OR, RATHER, DOESN'T!
  The prospect of "stealth delegates" derailing
  Mitt Romney's nomination at the Convention

Fri 27 Apr 2012

• WORK TO DO
  Mitt Romney has a big Primary night,
  yet GOP Unity is yet to be had

Mon 23 Apr 2012

• OK... SO WHAT NOW?
  Yes, Mitt Romney is the Republicans'
  nominee-presumptive, but---

Sat 7 Apr 2012

• STICK A FORK IN 'IM? or JUST TURN HIM OVER 'CAUSE HE'S ONLY DONE ON ONE SIDE?
  Senator Santorum finds himself fighting
  just to live and fight another day

Fri 30 Mar 2012

• IF IT AIN'T 'BROKERED', AT
  LEAST YOU CAN STILL 'FIX' IT
  Could Mitt Romney be kept from the presidential
  nomination at the Republican Convention itself?

Wed 28 Mar 2012

• A HARD ROAD AHEAD
  Has the presidential candidacy
  of Rick Santorum already peaked?

Fri 23 Mar 2012

• FISHING FOR DELEGATES LIKE
  PELICANS SKIMMING THE GULF
  Lou'siana will only serve to set up the
  final scenes of Act II of the GOP 'drama'

Sat 17 Mar 2012

• TREADING WATER
  Santorum wins big, yet Romney stays ahead of him
  (for now) while pressure grows on Gingrich to get out

Mon 12 Mar 2012

• CHOOSY BEGGARS
  Is it just about high time for the Republican
  rank-and-file (or even at least one
  candidate) to "fish or cut bait"?

Fri 9 Mar 2012

• ROUGH ROAD AHEAD?
  Mitt Romney potentially faces some tough
  challenges in Act II of this GOP nomination 'drama'

Fri 2 Mar 2012

• TIT FOR TAT
  Things are now set up for a
  very interesting 'Super Tuesday'

Mon 27 Feb 2012

• FROM THE LAKES
  TO THE DESERT
  What to look for as Michigan and
  Arizona hold Presidential Primaries

Thu 23 Feb 2012

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' ISNOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part Five)

Mon 20 Feb 2012

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' ISNOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part Four)

Sat 18 Feb 2012

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' ISNOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part Three)

Wed 15 Feb 2012

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' ISNOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part Two)

Mon 13 Feb 2012

• WHY 'LIBERTARIANISM' ISNOT 'CONSERVATISM'
  (Part One)

Thu 9 Feb 2012

• END OF ACT I
  The curtain has come down, but where are we
  now while the unseen scenery is being changed?

Thu 2 Feb 2012

• AIN'T NO SUNSHINE WHEN SHE's GONE
  The Sunshine State takes away
  Newt Gingrich's momentum... but---

Tue 24 Jan 2012

• UH... WHAT JUST HAPPENED?
  The Republican presidential nomination
  race is now officially a "mess"

Thu 12 Jan 2012

• SO WHOSE PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS
  ARE TRULY "GOING SOUTH"?
  The Palmetto State will either set the
  stage or keep things rather messy

Thu 5 Jan 2012

• HAWKEYE STATE MESSAGE;
  GRANITE STATE DELIVERY

Thu 29 Dec 2011

• SURVEYING THE (POCK-MARKED)
  REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL FIELD

Sat 3 Dec 2011

• NECESSARY, YES: AND
  NOT NECESSARILY EVIL
  Thoughts on Dissent and
  its inherent Limitation

Sat 29 Oct 2011

• PET PROJECT? or
  PUBLICITY STUNT?
  A few notes on the notion of
  'Animal Rights' in the USA

Sun 23 Oct 2011

• YES, IT IS PERSONAL! ;-)
  Notes on the status of Corporations
  as legal Persons in the USA

Tue 30 Aug 2011

• QUITE POSSIBLY MY
  SHORTEST COMMENTARY EVER

Tue 2 Aug 2011

• ON HAVING JUST DODGED A "BULLET"

Fri 29 Jul 2011

• OF IRRATIONAL ACTION AND
  UNREASONING RHETORIC

Wed 13 Jul 2011

• NO ADULT SUPERVISION!
  A response to what is the political equivalent of a
  day camp food fight over raising the debt ceiling

Thu 5 May 2011

• THE POWERS THAT (MAY) BE
  An admittedly cursory examination of
  what is really behind that which Americans
  usually go on about politically

Mon 2 May 2011

• MUCH ACTION CONFUSED WITH
  RATHER LITTLE ACCOMPLISHMENT
  Notes on the killing of al-Qa'eda
  leader Osama bin Laden

Mon 4 Apr 2011

• WHILE OBAMA CAVED
  The President and his Administration fold like a
  card-player with many a losing poker hand over
  constitutional criminal trials for 9/11 defendants

Sun 9 Jan 2011

• LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF THE WILD WEST
  Musings on the attempted assassination of
  Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and the
  senseless deaths of others in said attempt

Fri 5 Nov 2010

• MIXED EMOTIONS PRODUCING
  EVEN MORE MIXED SIGNALS
  A most indecisive
  "decisive election"

Sat 30 Oct 2010

• HAT TO WATCH FOR AS THE MIDTERM
  ELECTION RETURNS COME IN ON 2 NOVEMBER
  Part 2: the U.S. House of Representatives and State Governors

Thu 28 Oct 2010

• WHAT TO WATCH FOR AS THE MIDTERM
  ELECTION RETURNS COME IN ON 2 NOVEMBER
  Part 1: the United States Senate

Wed 18 Aug 2010

• MOSQUE MADNESS! (Part 3)
  The Speaker of the U.S. House
  goes completely off her nut!
• MOSQUE MADNESS! (Part 2)
  The Cordoba Islamic community Center in New York City
  as a hot-button political issue spreads like wildfire!

Sun 15 Aug 2010

• MOSQUE MADNESS!
  Anti-Muslim rhetoric recently ratcheting up in New York City
  seems but a symptom of a nationwide disease of Intolerance

Tue 1 Jun 2010

• BAD MOON RISING
  A rather bad month for President
  Obama has finally come to an end...
  or has it?

Tue 25 May 2010

• TRYING TO ARRANGE A GOOD TEA TIME!!!
  Tired old Birchers and misguided young Birthers will,
  this Summer, gather together to ask the Lord's Blessing

Fri 19 Mar 2010

• FOLDING LIKE A CHEAP CHIMERA?
  On the Obama Administration's changing course
  re: the judicial venue for the 9/11 Terror Trials

Wed 20 Jan 2010

• WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT, THEN?
  The U.S. Senate Special Election
  in Massachusetts in retrospect

Sun 17 Jan 2010

• EITHER WAY, IT'LL BE A
  VERY SPECIAL ELECTION!
  Things to watch for re: the upcoming
  Special U.S. Senate election in the Bay State

Mon 16 Nov 2009

• OF HORRIFIC CRIME AND ITS PUNISHMENT
  Notes on the controversy surrounding trying
  terrorist suspects in civilian criminal court

Sun 8 Nov 2009

• BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR,
  YOU JUST MIGHT GET IT!
  The Message of 'Change' comes back to bite
  the Democrats, but- so far- it's a mosquito bite

Wed 2 Sep 2009

• REQUIEM FOR A (POLITICAL) HEAVYWEIGHT
  Remembrances of, and Final Reflections on,
  the Legacy of a now-gone generation of Kennedys

Tue 25 Aug 2009

• SUMMERTIME... AND THE PUNDITRY IS EASY
  (Part Five: the Finale)

Mon 24 Aug 2009

• SUMMERTIME... AND THE PUNDITRY IS EASY
  (Part Four)

Mon 10 Aug 2009

• SUMMERTIME... AND THE PUNDITRY IS EASY
  (Part Three)

Tue 21 Jul 2009

• SUMMERTIME... AND THE PUNDITRY IS EASY
  (Part Two)

Sun 19 Jul 2009

• SUMMERTIME... AND THE PUNDITRY IS EASY
  (IF ONLY BECAUSE IT'S AN "OFF-YEAR", ALREADY!)
  Surveying the American political landscape as
  burgers, hot dogs and brats sizzle on the grill

Sun 3 May 2009

• JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE (SEX):
  MARITAL RIGHTS ARMAGEDDON!
  The battle over Same-Sex Marriage
  takes many an ugly turn

Thu 30 Apr 2009

• A SPECTER IS HAUNTING AMERICA
  while rampant Political Polarization continues as President
  Obama enters his second hundred days in the White House

Tue 14 Apr 2009

• SPINNIN' ON UP THE HUDSON
  Notes on a Special Election for Congress
  that's gotten far too much attention

Sat 11 Apr 2009

• I WENT OVERSEAS AND ALL I BROUGHT
  HOME WAS THIS LOUSY ALLIANCE
  A hard lesson for President Obama
  coming out of his recent 'Grand Tour'

Fri 20 Feb 2009

• ONE PERSON'S SPARE RIBS
  IS ANOTHER'S PRIME RIB
  "Pork" vs. "Beef" in the new
  Economic Stimulus Package

Tue 17 Feb 2009

• A POLITICALLY STIMULATING EXERCISE
  Why Bipartisanship broke down
  over the Economic Stimulus

Thu 22 Jan 2009

• NOW COMES THE HARD PART!:
  TO LEAD AND TO GOVERN
  A few random notes on the
  Inauguration of Barack Obama

Mon 19 Jan 2009

• NO OPTION TO FALL
  Sober reflections as we approach
  President Obama's Inauguration

Thu 11 Dec 2008

• SCALPING THE BEST SEAT IN THE PLACE
  The Blagojevich Senate seat selling scandal and
  how it affects (or doesn't) the President-elect

Sat 22 Nov 2008

• A VERY TERRIBLE THING
  Remembrances of a National Tragedy
  now four and a half decades afterwards

Fri 7 Nov 2008

• THE NEGATIVE SIDE OF THE
  'NEW POST-RACIAL AMERICA'

Thu 6 Nov 2008

• LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD
  Presidential Election 2008 and what it
  might portend, now that it's all over

Mon 3 Nov 2008

• PREVIEW: GENERAL ELECTION 2008
  An "hour-by-hour" guide to what
  to watch for as the returns come in

Sat 1 Nov 2008

• STATES AT STAKE
  Surveying the political landscape
  going into Presidential Election '08

Fri 17 Oct 2008

• FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2008
  Wednesday 15 October 2008

Sat 11 Oct 2008

• WILL THE REAL MAVERICK
  PLEASE STAND UP?

Thu 9 Oct 2008

• SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2008
  Tuesday 7 October 2008

Sat 4 Oct 2008

• 2008 VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
  Thursday 2 October 2008

Sat 27 Sep 2008

• FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2008
  Friday 26 September 2008

Fri 26 Sep 2008

• THE STEELY KNIVES OF POLITICS
  CARVE UP THE "LAME DUCK"
  The Financial Crisis, Bailout Plan
  and the '08 Presidential Campaign

Sat 6 Sep 2008

• BUT... DID JOHN McCAIN DO
  WHAT HE HAD TO DO?
  What the Republican
  Convention did, and
  did not, accomplish

Fri 5 Sep 2008

• THE FIGHT IS ON!
  John McCain claims his
  Prize and begins his final,
  maverick push for the Presidency

Thu 4 Sep 2008

• PALIN, BY COMPARISON
  The vice-presidential nominee
  is "talked up" by her Party while
  John McCain is formally nominated

Wed 3 Sep 2008

• WE NOW RESUME
  OUR REGULARLY
  SCHEDULED PROGRAM,
  ALREADY IN PROGRESS

Tue 2 Sep 2008

• IN THE EYE OF THE STORM
  The GOP's own "political tightrope"
  as a result of Hurricane 'Gustav'
  mirrors John McCain's own

Sun 31 Aug 2008

• WELL... WHAT WILL JOHN
  McCAIN NOW HAVE TO DO?
  Whatever he might do, it
  has to get underway at
  the Republican Convention

Sat 30 Aug 2008

• SO... DID BARACK OBAMA DO
  WHAT HE HAD TO DO?
  What the Democratic
  Convention did, and
  did not, accomplish

Fri 29 Aug 2008

• HOW THE WEST
  MAY YET BE WON
  John McCain rolls
  his own "dice"
• BARACK OBAMA
  CLAIMS HIS PRIZE
  But, once you have it, it's
  what you then do with it

Thu 28 Aug 2008

• A CONFEDERACY OF WHINERS
  Notes on the squabble over
  procedures for the next Presidential Nominations
• AN HISTORIC DAY,
  NONETHELESS
  while Bill Clinton and Joe Biden
  begin the wooing of Independents

Wed 27 Aug 2008

• A HOUSE DIVIDED
  AGAINST ITSELF...
  OR NOT?
  Can the Democrats of 2008 unite?
  If not, could the Party then still stand?

Tue 26 Aug 2008

• WHO IS BARACK,
  WHAT IS HE?
  Obama's Convention opens with an
  attempt to reintroduce himself

Sun 24 Aug 2008

• ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH?...
  OR MERELY 'FLATLINING'?
  Obama/Biden has to use
  the Democratic Convention
  to rekindle the enthusiasm

Sat 23 Aug 2008

• OBAMA's BIGGEST
  GAMBLE TO DATE
  Why Joe Biden as his running
  mate is a "roll of the dice"

Thu 14 Aug 2008

• GEORGIA-- AND NOT THE ONE IN THE
  AMERICAN SOUTH-- ON THEIR MINDS
  International Crisis erupts: how might such
  a thing affect the Presidential Campaign?

Wed 6 Aug 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE
  Who 'We' are and how 'We' got that way
  (Part Five)

Sun 3 Aug 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE
  Who 'We' are and how 'We' got that way
  (Part Four)

Fri 18 Jul 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE
  Who 'We' are and how 'We' got that way
  (Part Three)

Tue 15 Jul 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE
  Who 'We' are and how 'We' got that way byline
  (Part Two)

Sun 13 Jul 2008

• WE THE PEOPLE
  Who 'We' are and how 'We' got that way byline
  (Part One)

Wed 2 Jul 2008

• GUNS, BELLS, BONFIRES
  AND ILLUMINATIONS
  Some 21st Century Ruminations on
  at least Guns and "Illuminations"

Sat 28 Jun 2008

• ENGAGING IN A NECESSARY VICE
  McCain and Obama in the vortex
  of choosing a Running Mate

Fri 20 Jun 2008

• LOVE ME, LOVE MY (OWN NARROW-
  MINDED DEFINITION OF MY) CULTURE
  Why Racism is the least of
  Barack Obama's problems

Sun 15 Jun 2008

• RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS!...
  OR, AT LEAST, THE GOP BANNER
  John McCain consolidates his Republican
  presidential nomination-to be

Thu 12 Jun 2008

• LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HILLARY
  CLINTON HAS LEFT THE BUILDING!
  So, like-- uh-- wha... what happened?

Fri 6 Jun 2008

• COMING OF AGE DURING A RATHER STORMY SPRING
  Remembrances of another presidential
  nomination campaign so very long ago

Wed 4 Jun 2008

• ALL OVER, BUT FOR THE SHOUTING
  Barack Obama takes the Democratic nomination
  while Hillary Clinton weighs her future

Sun 1 Jun 2008

• NO REST FOR THE WEARY!
  Traveling the "Last Mile" of the
  2008 Primary and Caucus "season"

Fri 30 May 2008

• WEEKEND WARRIORS
  Battles over Florida and Michigan shadow
  the electoral battle in Puerto Rico

Mon 26 May 2008

• TRICKLE, TRICKLE;
  SPLASH, SPLASH!
  How much longer can this Democratic
  presidential nomination contest last?

Sun 18 May 2008

• LEAVE IT TO THE BEAVER STATE
  Oregon's Primary looms large re:
  potentially sealing the fate of
  Hillary Clinton's nomination hopes

Mon 12 May 2008

• DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS
  (OR, PERHAPS, NO MORE THAN A HUNDRED)
  
  Hillary Clinton loses her
  "superdelegate" lead to
  Barack Obama as West
  Virginia gets set to vote

Wed 7 May 2008

• EBB AND FLOW
  
  Hillary Clinton's "turning tide"
  goes out, if only temporarily, in
  North Carolina and Indiana

Tue 29 Apr 2008

• HOW MUCH CLOSER TO "CLOSING THE DEAL"?
  Prospects for Indiana and North Carolina's Democratic
  Primaries, plus what to watch for over the next few weeks

Thu 24 Apr 2008

• STILL AT 'SQUARE ONE'?!--
  WELL, PERHAPS, NOT QUITE
  Hillary Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania
  sets the scene for Democrats' "denouement"

Sun 20 Apr 2008

• PENN'T-UP FRUSTRATION
  After 6 whole weeks with no significant voting,
  the Presidential Primaries once again resume

Thu 20 Mar 2008

• THEATRE OF THE POLITICALLY ABSURD
  The Relationship between State Law and Party Rules
  and the "Punishing" of the former where violative of the latter
  (PART THREE)

Wed 19 Mar 2008

• THEATRE OF THE POLITICALLY ABSURD
  The Relationship between State Law and Party Rules
  and the "Punishing" of the former where violative of the latter
  (PART TWO)

Sun 16 Mar 2008

• THEATRE OF THE POLITICALLY ABSURD
  The Relationship between State Law and Party Rules
  and the "Punishing" of the former where violative of the latter
  (PART ONE)

Fri 7 Mar 2008

• AS I WALKED OUT,
  FELT MY OWN NEED
  JUST BEGINNING
  Democrats find themselves just about right back at 'Square One'
  while the GOP's McCain consolidates his presumptive nomination

Mon 3 Mar 2008

• SUPER TUESDAY II
  "THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL!"

Sat 9 Feb 2008

• TWO OF US RIDING NOWHERE
  The Democrats' dilemma as their
  "superdelegates" now loom larger
  in the wake of 'Super Duper' Tuesday

Thu 7 Feb 2008

• JUST THE TWO OF US
  The GOP joins the Democrats as a two-person
  nomination race in the wake of 'Super Duper' Tuesday

Fri 1 Feb 2008

• SERIOUS WINNOWING
  both on and after 'Super Duper' Tuesday

Mon 28 Jan 2008

• WEANED ON MUDDIED WATERS
  South Carolina shakes up the Democratic
  race, while Florida now sets up 'Super
  Duper Tuesday' in both Major Parties

Wed 23 Jan 2008

• VINDICATION!
  John McCain overcomes eight-year-old
  "bad vibes" in South Carolina; also:
  as Fred Thompson has gone,
  so might go John Edwards?

Fri 18 Jan 2008

• NO LONGER SLEEPY TIME DOWN SOUTH
  After Michigan, the Presidential Nomination
  Caravan rolls on into other States

Sat 12 Jan 2008

• OK... SO NOW WHAT?!
  Prospects for the two Major Parties' Presidential Nomination
  Races immediately after Iowa and New Hampshire

Sun 6 Jan 2008

• THE CLOCK IS OPERATING: WE'RE UNDERWAY!
  What we are only beginning to learn as the
  2008 Presidential Nominating Process- finally!- gets going

Sat 22 Sep 2007

• WHAT KIND OF NATION, THIS?
  Thoughts about recent data regarding Americans' attitudes
  as regards the United States being a "Christian Nation"

Mon 2 Apr 2007

• OUT OF ORDER MAY YET COME CHAOS
  Forget "Super Tuesday"!--
  how 'bout "a WHOPPER of a Tuesday"?!

Fri 16 Mar 2007

• A CASE FOR IMPEACHING THE PRESIDENT
  (AND, PERHAPS, THE VICE PRESIDENT ALSO)?...
  but not for the reasons one might think;
  and why it will likely never happen

Fri 9 Feb 2007

• WATCH OUT ON YOUR RIGHT!
  Just where did people get this crazy idea
  that the United States of America was
  intended to be a "Christian Nation"?

Wed 22 Nov 2006

• DEM's THE BREAKS!!!
  First thoughts about the ramifications of the
  Democrats' victory in the 2006 Midterm Elections

Sun 5 Nov 2006

• BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: YOU MIGHT JUST GET IT!
  Notes on a battle no one will really win but which, nevertheless, well sets up the much bigger Battle two years hence

Fri 9 Jun 2006

• OF LIBERTIES, RIGHTS AND POWERS (Part THREE)
  Just how far is too far-- in the battle
  for America's hearts and minds? (chapter A)

Wed 10 May 2006

• REFLECTIONS ON A CIRCUS THAT HAS ONLY RECENTLY LEFT TOWN
  Ramifications of the Zacarias Moussauoi Trial

Wed 3 May 2006

• OF LIBERTIES, RIGHTS AND POWERS (Part TWO)
  Just how far is too far-- even for the Commander in Chief himself?

Thu 27 Apr 2006

• OF LIBERTIES, RIGHTS AND POWERS (Part ONE)
  Just how far is too far-- for both Governments and Persons?

Thu 26 Jan 2006

• WHAT PART OF THE WORD 'NO' DOES
  THE WHITE HOUSE NOT UNDERSTAND?
  "Eavesdropping first, Warrants later", the 4th
  Amendment and President George W. Bush

Sun 9 Oct 2005

• STILL THREATENED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
  Why there can be no negotiation with Al Qa'eda

Fri 18 Mar 2005

• A COMPLETE WASTE OF BOTH TIME AND TAX REVENUE
  Congressional Hearings and the Baseball "Steroid Scare"

Thu 4 Nov 2004

• POSTCARDS FROM A NEW 'CONFEDERACY'
  The deeper meanings gleaned from the results of Election 2004

Mon 1 Nov 2004

• PREVIEW: GENERAL ELECTION 2004
  An hour-by-hour "guide" to what
  to watch for as the returns come in

Sat 30 Oct 2004

• A VEILED THREAT OR JUST A "FIRESIDE CHAT"?
  A "kinder", though not necessarily "gentler", Osama bin Laden
  tries to throw a "spanner" into the Election 2004 "works"

Tue 19 Oct 2004

• SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE
  Some thoughts on Colorado's plan to divide its 2004 Electoral Vote

Thu 14 Oct 2004

• FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2004

Sat 9 Oct 2004

• SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2004

Wed 6 Oct 2004

• 2004 VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Fri 1 Oct 2004

• FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (of THREE) 2004

Wed 29 Sep 2004

• THE BEGINNING OF THE END GAME
  How the Presidential Debates will determine the challenger's electoral fate

Tue 7 Sep 2004

• OF RED STATES AND BLUE
  The geographical component
  in the 2004 Presidential Election

Mon 6 Sep 2004

• IT'S GOOD TO BE THE KING
  President Bush takes a significant lead as the
  Presidential Campaign "officially" gets underway
  (Labor Day 2004)

Sat 4 Sep 2004

• JUST WHOSE AMERICA IS THIS, ANYWAY?
  did the Bush/Cheney campaign do what it had to do at its Convention?

Fri 3 Sep 2004

• FORWARD, MARCH!
  President Bush prepares his Party to take on Senator Kerry and the Democrats directly

Thu 2 Sep 2004

• RETURNING FIRE
  President Bush is formally re-nominated and his Vice President speaks

Wed 1 Sep 2004

• CONSIDERING COMPASSION
  President Bush's Party now turns to the domestic agenda

Tue 31 Aug 2004

• DEFENDING HAVING GONE ON OFFENSE
  Republicans seek to justify President Bush's military decisions

Mon 30 Aug 2004

• IN THE OTHER CORNER, THE REIGNING CHAMPION...
  It is now the incumbent's turn to show his stuff

Fri 13 Aug 2004

• SUNLIGHT ON A SHADOW WORLD
  Two events highlight a still somewhat taboo subject

Mon 2 Aug 2004

• NOTES FROM THE EDGES OF A TARGET
  Comments on the latest Terrorism Warning

Sat 31 Jul 2004

• ORDER OF BATTLE
  Did the Kerry/Edwards campaign do
  what it had to do at the Convention?

Fri 30 Jul 2004

• THE SKIPPER TAKES COMMAND
  John Kerry claims his Party

Thu 29 Jul 2004

• ANSWERING ROLL CALL
  Kerry formally is given his Prize
  while his running mate speaks

Wed 28 Jul 2004

• CONTINUING TO DEFINE WHAT IS A 2004 DEMOCRAT
  Party elders and unsuccessful presidential contenders
  are featured on the Convention's second day

Tue 27 Jul 2004

• THE BATTLE IS JOINED
  As they open their Convention, Democrats take their first swings
  at President Bush while yet extolling Senator Kerry's virtues

Mon 26 Jul 2004

• IN THIS CORNER, THE CHALLENGER...
  Democrats seek to clearly define
  both their candidate and themselves

Tue 6 Jul 2004

• TOP CHOICE?... OR BEST OF A BAD LOT?
  Kerry's choice of Edwards as his No. 2 man provides answers but still leaves questions

Wed 2 Jun 2004

• A CLEAR SHOT ACROSS THE BOW
  How the Case of Jose Padilla strains American Civil Liberties

Tue 11 May 2004

• WE ANSWER TO A HIGHER AUTHORITY
  Why America can't afford to emulate Barbarism

Fri 7 May 2004

• BEING AN AMERICAN MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY?
  Hopefully, the answer to this question is a resounding "No!"

Sat 6 Mar 2004

• WHO'S NUMBER TWO?
  Speculation runs rampant about who is likely- and not so likely- to be John Kerry's running mate

Sun 22 Feb 2004

• TOO MUCH ADO ABOUT NADER
  unreasoning Fear and abject Hatred for President Bush fuels a Loser's Gambit

Thu 29 Jan 2004

• WINNOWED IN!... BUT FOR JUST HOW LONG?
  Looking forward to the second month of Primary/Caucus season 2004

Sat 17 Jan 2004

• Regarding a proposed National Primary Constitutional Amendment

Sat 10 Jan 2004

• GENTLEMEN- AND LADY, START YOUR ENGINES!
  Prospects for the earliest phases of the Primary/Caucus Process

Wed 19 Nov 2003

• DIVISIONS OVER UNIONS
  The political battle over same-sex marriage in America heats up

Thu 4 Sep 2003

• BIPOLAR DISORDER
  Two sides of the cooperation "coin" in the War Against International Terrorism

Thu 28 Aug 2003

• LOOK WHAT'S CRAWLED OUT FROM UNDER THE ROCKS THIS TIME!
  Collective Political Insanity on both the Right and the Left

Fri 8 Aug 2003

• CHASING WINDMILLS
  Is it time for more Al Gore come 2004?

Sun 29 Jun 2003

• FEAR ITSELF...
  Loathing of Rights and Liberties in Today's America

Sat 12 Apr 2003

• HOLD ON THERE!!!
  Assessing the Meaning of Victory in Iraq

Fri 11 Apr 2003

• GAME TIME!!!
  First thoughts on the prospects for a post-Saddam Iraq

Thu 20 Mar 2003

• MARCHING TOWARD AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE
  A Few Salient Comments now that "Operation Iraq Freedom" is underway

Tue 18 Mar 2003

• WAR!... WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
  Final Thoughts as War with Iraq Looms

Fri 7 Mar 2003

• REVERSAL OF ROLES... AND FORTUNE
  Still more musings on possible war with Iraq

Thu 27 Feb 2003

• TURNING PRO
  Thinking Outside the Box re: the War on International Terrorism

Sat 15 Feb 2003

• BETWEEN IRAQ AND A HARD PLACE
  More Musings about the possibility of War

Fri 14 Feb 2003

• BUSY WORK
  More on the cruel joke we in the US call 'Homeland Security'

Wed 12 Feb 2003

• COALITIONS OF THE WILLING AND THE UNWILLING
  Random Musings about a possible War with Iraq

Sun 2 Feb 2003

• BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
  Personal Notes on the occasion of America's third Space Tragedy

Thu 12 Dec 2002

• A WHOLE LOTT O' NOTHIN'
  once more the PC Crowd confuses Action with Accomplishment

Tue 26 Nov 2002

• SEND IN THE CLOWNS!!!
  The ofttimes cruel joke that is American 'Homeland Security'

Thu 21 Nov 2002

• TOM-FOOLERY!!!
  Democrats stew in their own juices while
  President Bush begins building on a belated Mandate

Sun 17 Nov 2002

• AN OPEN LETTER TO AL-QA'EDA
  and all their supporters worldwide

Fri 11 Oct 2002

• BE IT EVER SO HUMBLE...
  There's No Place Like one's Sovereign Home

Thu 3 Oct 2002

• GARDEN STATE ELECTION FOLLIES... CONTINUED
  So, what makes them all do it in the first place?

Tue 1 Oct 2002

• GARDEN STATE ELECTION FOLLIES
  The Legal and Political Ramifications of Senator Bob Torricelli's Withdrawal

Fri 13 Sep 2002

• CHOICE OF COLORS
  Federal War Powers in relation to possible war with Iraq

Sun 8 Sep 2002

• ON THE ATTAQ?
  Anticipatory Self-Defense and a possible War with Iraq

Wed 17 Jul 2002

• OZ NEVER DID GIVE NOTHING TO THE TINMAN THAT HE DIDN'T ALREADY HAVE
  Separating Myth from Reality re: the origins of both the State of Israel and an Arab State of Palestine

Fri 5 Jul 2002

• WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (Part Two)
  The Pledge of Allegiance and
  the "Wall of Separation" between Church and State
  on the day after Our Nation's 226th Birthday

Mon 1 Jul 2002

• WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL (Part One)
  Thoughts on the Origins of the Bill of Rights
  on the Eve of Our Nation's 226th Birthday

Fri 7 Jun 2002

• I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
  Observations on the proposed Dept. of Homeland Security

Thu 30 May 2002

• WASHINGTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM
  The "new" FBI and its threat to Civil Rights and Liberties

Wed 22 May 2002

• STUPID ADMINISTRATION TRICKS
  How Two-Party Politics is harming our Homeland Security

Sat 18 May 2002

• WHILE AMERICA SLEPT?
  or just another round of Political Backbiting??

Wed 10 Apr 2002

• WHEN "WORLD"S COLLIDE
  The REAL reasons behind Middle Eastern strife and terrorism

Thu 11 Oct 2001

• GIVING EVERYONE THE "HEEBIE-JEEBIES"
  Notes on a rather useless warning

Thu 4 Oct 2001

• THE MEANS JUSTIFY THESE "ODDS N' ENDS"
  various, sundry and- at times- random thoughts re: the impending War on International Terrorism

Tue 25 Sep 2001

• FACING THE ENEMY
  in High Stakes Geopolitical Poker

Fri 21 Sep 2001

• RALLYING 'ROUND THE FLAG
  while leaving some major questions unanswered

Tue 18 Sep 2001

• TO WAR! TO WAR!
  On America's Response to the Terrorism of 11 September 2001

Mon 4 Jun 2001

• MUCH ADO ABOUT NOT VERY MUCH... Senator Jeffords and the "Power Shift" in the Senate

Tue 23 Jan 2001

• TO THE SPOILS GOES THE VICTOR... Proposals and Prospects for Electoral College Reform

Thu 21 Dec 2000

• AT LAST... IT'S OFFICIAL! George W. Bush sets foot on the tightrope his Presidency will have to walk

Wed 13 Dec 2000

• OUT OF DIVISION, DECISION
  The U.S. Supreme Court rules in Bush v. Gore

Tue 12 Dec 2000

• May Electors Defect

Mon 27 Nov 2000

• QUIT WHILE YOU'RE BEHIND!
  It is now time for Al Gore to bow out gracefully

Fri 24 Nov 2000

• IN DEFENSE OF THE COURTS
  The innate propriety of the Florida Supreme Court ruling of 21 November 2000

Wed 22 Nov 2000

• A POX ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES!!!
  The Election 2000 battle in Florida escalates

Sat 11 Nov 2000

• SEND IN THE CLOWNS!
  The nascent Bush Administration is about to taint itself

Fri 10 Nov 2000

• MUD-WRESTLING FOR THE PRESIDENCY
  Florida's voting troubles put Election 2000 on hold

Mon 6 Nov 2000

• WHAT IT ALL COMES DOWN TO
  The deeper meaning of Election 2000

Sat 4 Nov 2000

• MUCH ADO ABOUT Nada!!!
  Strange Revelations as Election 2000 Nears

Thu 26 Oct 2000

• AND I THOUGHT "MUD SEASON" WAS IN THE EARLY SPRING!
  Yet more garbage littering the Fall campaign trail

Sat 21 Oct 2000

• LAST GAS: NEXT THREE WEEKS
  the third and final Presidential Debate of Election 2000

Tue 17 Oct 2000

• THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF STUFF I WAS TALKING ABOUT!!!
  more dirt and mud flying thick and fast across the political landscape

Sat 14 Oct 2000

• AN EVENING OF MODERATELY CIVIL DISCOURSE
  the second Presidential Debate of Election 2000

Thu 12 Oct 2000

• LET THE NASTINESS BEGIN!
  As Bush and Gore Debate like Perfect Gentlemen,
  the Political Worms crawl out from under the Rocks

Sun 8 Oct 2000

• A QUIET LITTLE DIVERSION
  the one and only Vice Presidential Debate of Election 2000

Thu 5 Oct 2000

• THE HEAVYWEIGHT BOUT OF THE NEW CENTURY
  the first Presidential Debate of Election 2000

Mon 2 Oct 2000

• NONE DARE CALL THEM "JOINT PRESS CONFERENCES"
  The Presidential Debates of Election 2000 loom

Wed 13 Sep 2000

• AN ELECTORAL VOICE FROM THE CARIBBEAN?
  Puerto Rico seeks to muscle its way into the Electoral College

Fri 18 Aug 2000

• Democratic Convention Final Session
  COMING OUT LIKE GANGBUSTERS
  The Fourth and Final Session of the 43rd Democratic National Convention

Thu 17 Aug 2000

• Democratic Convention Day 3
  FORGING A DEFINITION
  the Third Session of the 43rd Democratic National Convention

Wed 16 Aug 2000

• Democratic Convention Day 2
  WHO IS AL GORE? The Second Session of the 43rd Democratic National Convention

Tue 15 Aug 2000

• Democratic Convention Day 1
  PASSING THE TORCH
  The First Session of the 43rd Democratic National Convention

Mon 14 Aug 2000

• Democratic Convention Introductory
  HOORAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!!!
  the 43rd Democratic National Convention gets ready to open for business

Sat 12 Aug 2000

• "WE WUZ ROBBED!" The Reform Party(s) in Crisis

Tue 8 Aug 2000

• GORE STARTS HIS TEAM's DRIVE DOWNFIELD
  Joseph Lieberman as the Democratic vice-presidential candidate

Fri 4 Aug 2000

• Republican Convention Final Session
  LAYING DOWN THE GAUNTLET
  the Fifth and Final Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Thu 3 Aug 2000

• Republican Convention Day 4
  "OVER THE TOP" FOR THE TEXAN
  the Fourth Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Wed 2 Aug 2000

• Republican Convention Day 3
  PATCHING UP CRACKS IN THE BASE
  the Third Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Tue 1 Aug 2000

• Republican Convention Day 2
  RE-INVENTING THE ELEPHANT
  the Second Session of the 37th Republican National Convention

Mon 31 Jul 2000

• Republican Convention Day 1
  SETTING THE STAGE
  the First Session of the 37th Republican National Convention
• Republican Convention Introductory
  ELEPHANTS AND BUNTING GALORE IN THE CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE
  the 37th Republican National Convention gets ready to open for business

Tue 25 Jul 2000

• I WANT A VEEP JUST LIKE A VEEP WHO'LL RUN LIKE DEAR OLD DAD
  Richard B. Cheney as the Republican vice-presidential candidate

Fri 10 Mar 2000

• AND THEN THERE WERE TWO...
  Life on the Hustings without Bill Bradley and John McCain

Thu 2 Mar 2000

• THE BEGINNING OF THE END & THE END OF THE BEGINNING
  Bill Bradley and John McCain arrive at their respective crossroads

Mon 28 Feb 2000

• BUSH CREEPS BACK INTO DEAD HEAT... McCAIN ON THE WARPATH
  Democrats, meanwhile, begin to stir after month-long hibernation

Wed 23 Feb 2000

• DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN!
  McCain comes up for air a second time

Sun 20 Feb 2000

• BUSH BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN... McCAIN BACK TO SQUARE ONE
  Momentum shifts and puts Texas Governor in driver's seat for GOP Nomination

Sun 13 Feb 2000

• CAREENING OUT OF CONTROL!!!
  as the wheels come off the Reform Party bandwagon

Thu 10 Feb 2000

• I'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS... AND SOME BAD NEWS!
  Mixed Results for both George W. Bush and John McCain out of Delaware

Mon 7 Feb 2000

• THE REAL LOSER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE
  The Decline and Fall of Steve Forbes 2000

Wed 2 Feb 2000

• McCAIN: 1 DOWN, 2... MAYBE 3... TO GO
  Bush to start kicking butt. taking names

Sat 29 Jan 2000

• THAT GOVERNMENT WAS PUT IN FOR MY CONVENIENCE!!!
  Geography, Culture, Politics and the New Hampshire Primary

Wed 26 Jan 2000

• WHAT'S SO WRONG WITH BRADLEY AND McCAIN?
  Perhaps it's just their service in the United States Senate!

Tue 25 Jan 2000

• SO... WHAT'S IT ALL MEAN, ANYWAY?
  Answer: So What?... On to New Hampshire!

Sun 23 Jan 2000

• IT'S THE DELEGATES, STUPID!!!
  and other Random Thoughts as we get ready to watch the first First-Tier Caucuses

Tue 18 Jan 2000

• NOT JUST CHASING WINDMILLS, BUT TACKLING THEM HEAD ON!
  John McCain's Quixotic Quest for the Presidency

Mon 20 Dec 1999

• SUN RISES IN EAST! POLITICIANS, NOT THE VOTERS, WIN!!
  Louisiana's GOP loses its "innocence" as well as its caucuses

Sat 20 Nov 1999

• HEY, LOUISIANA REPUBLICANS!...
  JUST DROP YOUR PANTS!!... I'LL PROVIDE THE RULER!!!
  Sandlot and Playground style Politics in the Pelican State

Mon 15 Nov 1999

• IF YOU WANNA HANG OUT, YOU GOTTA TAKE HER OUT... COCAINE!
  George W. Bush, his alleged drug use and its effect on the 2000 Presidential Campaign

Tue 2 Nov 1999

• NO LONGER A MONEY PLAYER
  Why Bill Bradley Won't Be The Democratic Presidential Nominee