I've had some requests to create some feature of some sort to help those interested in tracking the midterm Senate races. That is still a work in progress. But, in the meantime, here's an article by a Dakota State University poli-sci professor on the Johnson/Thune race in South Dakota.
Especially this one from the Los Angeles Times. Re where Davis receives political contributions: What difference does it make where a prostitute conducts business; the intent is the same anywhere. Ed Pollack Apple Valley That one's funny. This one is simply too true -- and representative of how a great number of Californians feel. So, […]
The Wall Street Journal's John Fund provides the Bush administration with some valuable advice if anything is to be accomplished in Bush's first term.
GOP accuses Democrats of Politicizing Prescription Drug Debate Lott says Daschle's comments 'Outrageous' (HOYSTORY.COM) -- Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott accused Democrats of playing politics with the prescription drug debate in an effort to sway voters just weeks before the Nov. 5 elections. "Not interested in the health of the American elderly?" Lott said. "Tell […]
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear the GOP's appeal regarding the last-minute substitution of Frank Lautenberg for Robert Toricelli. I'm not surprised, this isn't the sort of fiasco that the court would want to get involved in. But there are some other interesting notes on this whole debacle. First, the Washington Post has […]
The New Jersey State Supreme Court, following in the footsteps of its counterpart in Florida, has displayed an inability to deal with Arabic numerals. The court today decided that the number 51 doesn't really exist -- at least in state's election law. The judges decided to shut their eyelids tight, stick their fingers in their […]
Today's New York Times has an excellent article on the fact that women don't want men to play sports. Well, not exactly, but that's the effect of it. As much as some militant feminists would like to deny it, there are definite differences between men and women. One of those differences -- a higher percentage […]
NAACP chairman Julian Bond has an op-ed piece in Sunday's Washington Post in which he makes some pretty peculiar claims. As a longtime and now nonpartisan observer of African American politics... Nonpartisan? This is the same Julian Bond who said Bush "has selected nominees from the Taliban wing of American politics." And... "...he has chosen […]
The Washington Post has a long article on Worldcom's demise. Thousands of pages of previously undisclosed company documents reviewed by The Washington Post, along with interviews with former employees and people familiar with WorldCom's operations, reveal a grow-at-any-cost culture that made it possible for employees and managers to game the system internally and to deceive […]
If a married couple often argues and the husband decides to try to "change the tone" there's only so much he can do to prevent his wife from screeching insults, throwing china and hurling knives. So it is with Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe, who blames President Bush for the failure of bipartisanship on Capitol Hill. […]