That’s the reports going around this morning: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano (D) has been chosen to serve as secretary of the vast and troubled Department of Homeland Security for President-elect Obama, Democratic officials said. Napolitano is a border governor who will now be responsible for immigration policy and border security, which are part of Homeland […]
T wo weeks after losing, Marilyn Musgrave is no where to be found: Two weeks after the brutal loss, Musgrave still hasn’t called her opponent to concede or to congratulate the victor, as is not only textbook but also mannerly to do. Moreover, Musgrave’s ill manners bleed into her own team. Rumor has it she […]
John McCain has now won Missouri, breaking their 48 year streak: McCain’s edging out of Obama in Missouri breaks the state’s bellwether streak in which Missourians correctly picked the presidential candiate in every election dating back to the 1960 contest. Missouri got it wrong in 1956, voting for the Democratic challenger Adlai Stevenson, who lost […]
This makes such perfect sense: “Obama’s election has taken the wind out of al Qaeda’s sails in much of the Islamic world because it demonstrates America’s renewed commitment to multiculturalism, human rights, and international law. It also proves to many that democracy can work and overcome ethnic, sectarian, or racial barriers. “Obama’s commitment to withdraw […]
I posted about the story of a bus full of school kids chanting “assassinate Obama” in Idaho when it first happened a couple of weeks ago. It has gained some national attention, and now the mayor of the local town has apologized for what happened. That’s a nice gesture, but then I read further in […]
Two of my biggest passions are photography and history. Combine them and what do you get? The new archive of Life Magazines photos and illustrations dating back to 1750 (big h/t to Cesca). Here’s the cover from June, 1958 and it is so fitting for today: (Click for larger view and details)
That’s Kathleen Parker’s latest advice to the GOP: Three little letters, great big problem: G-O-D. I’m bathing in holy water as I type. To be more specific, the evangelical, right-wing, oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP is what ails the erstwhile conservative party and will continue to afflict and marginalize its constituents if reckoning doesn’t soon […]
The news right now is that Tom Daschle will head up the Department of Health and Human services and that he has accepted the position.
A new ethics complaint has been filed against Sarah Palin: Zane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, said he filed the complaint with the attorney general. He says Palin is promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor’s Nov. 10 interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van […]
What a nice piece in the Wall Street Journal. Here is Home Depot cofounder and former CEO, Bernice Marcus has to say: But in the class war, as in the real deal, there are always ways of motivating the yellow. “If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent money […]