Character, wisdom, experience, judgment, these are all issues that Barack Obama is going to have to assure the Democratic primary voters about -- and, if he manages to halt the inevitability that is Hillary Clinton -- the American public at large. He may not survive such scrutiny if author Bruce Bawer -- who describes himself […]
Huckabee's problem has gotten worse, with this bit from a report on the case in The Los Angeles Times: Huckabee said the DuMond case was already "on my desk" when he became governor in July 1996. He announced that he was considering a commutation. Later, he acknowledged, he wrote a letter to the prisoner saying […]
One of the benefits of rainy days and a week long vacation is the opportunity to do some reading. I just finished Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" and must say I thoroughly enjoyed it. I've read a couple of Stephenson's other books, including "Cryptonomicon" and the first book of his behemoth Baroque Cycle, and must say […]