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40 Years Ago
(An occasional reminiscence on the events of 1968)(See the posts in chronological order)On Oct 2, US Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas withdrew his nomination as chief justice; his nomination had been...
View ArticleFacebooking
Posting is slow again as I've been undergoing some medical treatments that slow me down. But over the last couple days I've succumbed to another social networking tool: after news librarians, and then...
View ArticleWhat they think matters
Via Achenblog, a fun graphic from Foreign Policy: If the world could vote...Heresy to some who think we should ignore what the world thinks of us, but I'm on the side who believes it matters very, very...
View ArticleHere's your chance....
To carve a pumpkin online. The only one I'll do this year.....Thanks to Knox Views Ashvegas.
View ArticlePolitical language
A topic that needs more discussion, and here's a great one from Anil Dash on What Sarah Palin is Saying.
View ArticleCan't resist this
Here's a novel take on a political ad. Subtle but effective. It's the 'Wassup' gang from the Budweiser commercials, 8 years later.This one via KnoxViews.
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Thoughts from the mountains on this election
Up the mountain road near us on the way to Hiwassee Dam, a sign at a small country church, saying something like this:'Never fear change. Think how glorious fall is'.Yet, in front of many of the houses...
View ArticleUseful and different elections info sources
Our Vote Live tracks election problems during election day.Google Elections Gallery will show real-time elections results on maps.fivethirtyeight.com on electoral projections.Early Voting Database,...
View ArticleAnother good news research story
How The Times followed a trail to find Barack Obama’s aunt.
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What could you buy with it?
Dress Like Palin. What you could do with Sarah's spending money.
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40 Years Ago
(An occasional reminiscence on the events of 1968)(See the posts in chronological order)November 5. The election was upon us, a scary time. The choice, between LBJ's vice president Hubert Humphrey, a...
View ArticleHow the Times covers Iraq
Great story in next month's Vanity Fair about the New York Times bureau in Iraq, the only U.S paper that hasn't cut back it's in-country coverage. The New York Times’s Lonely War.
View ArticleLooking a little deeper
In The Times Online, an interesting analysis of the state of American politics: It was a great victory - but not for the Left.The Guardian has a good three-part Obama biography: The Obama Story. Slide...
View ArticleHow it was in DC
I love Joel Achenbach's blog posting with photos of the spontaneous demonstration that erupted outside the White House Tuesday night: All-Night Party at the White House; as well has his report on the...
View ArticleNew government Website for Obama
There's a new website for the president-elect: Change.gov. Lots of information here on the inauguration, the new administration, the agenda (or will be).It includes a link to Presidential Transition...
View ArticleLearning from the campaign
Good posting from Ken Doctor on his Content Bridges blog: 10 truths the press can learn from the Obama campaign.
View ArticleEight years
I started a website with a 'blog' page in early November 2000, which I remember because I missed the Ramble at Fairchild Tropical Garden that weekend, putting it together, and because just about that...
View ArticleConcerns for gun owners
All over the country, gun stores are seeing sales jump in response to Barack Obama's election. Gun enthusiasts...never comfortable with Obama's stated laisse faire policy on guns....are saying 'I told...
View ArticleSome good research links
Wall Street Journal's Photo Journal large versions of photos in the news, like the Boston Globe's Big Picture.The Plum Book (United States Government Policy and Supporting Positions): 2008 Edition,...
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