It started innocently. A McCain sign and an Obama sign. Two neighbors exercising their right of free speech. About as wholesome and American as you can get.
All it took was one of them to add a second sign. I don't know who pulled that trigger first, but after that there was [...]

During the primaries, especially during the 40 days of nothing-but-PA campaigning, my next door neighbor was a strong Clinton supporter. After Clinton won the PA primary (but not my district!), she took her Hillary sign down, although I left my Obama sign up. And then months passed.
So, I was quite pleased a few [...]

The Bush/Paulson bailout bill was defeated in the House on Monday, which leaves me somewhat relieved. My relief comes not from a knee-jerk distrust of government intervention. Nor does it come from a simpleminded hope that the economic mess will just sort itself out and all will be right in the world. [...]

The economy is in shambles and even President Bush and Senator McCain have finally noticed. The president has proposed his oversightless $700 billion bailout, but McCain and his GOP colleagues at the crisis summit came up with a less-regulation-more-tax-breaks counterproposal. Let's look at that again. The proposal is from Bush and the [...]

Dear Congressman:
I am writing to you because you are my representative. However, in the matter of Bush's bailout plan, I feel I speak for most Americans and therefore I am also addressing your peers in the House as well.
The bailout plan cannot be allowed to pass as currently proposed. Perhaps there is a [...]

I was just looking at the new fall lineup and realized that I watch too much television. Way too much. But I can't stop. Some of the shows are old favorites and some seems too compelling to miss. Here's my 2008-2009 must see list:

House, M.D. – Yeah, they take some liberties [...]