Whether or not you believe American troops can ultimately succeed in Iraq (by some measure or other), we should be asking whether the effort is worth the over 450 billion dollars the attempt has cost us to date. (See the National Priorities … [Read more...]

I stumbled across a website called The Political Compass which attempts to take classification of political views beyond just "left" and "right."  It offers a quiz placing respondents on a political quadrant from left to right in one … [Read more...]

After the marriage vote, Lynpb and I sent thank you notes to the 151 good guys and gals in the lege, as well as to the Gov. and the Lt. Gov.  One of those thank you's went to Representative Brian Wallace.  Someone must have been … [Read more...]

August 16, 2007Ms. xxxDear Ms. xxx:  Your comments regarding the so-called Protect America Act of 2007, which expands the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), has been brought to my attention. I appreciate the opportunity to … [Read more...]

The article includes a nifty chart summarizing the over 800 bills he sponsored during his eight years as an Illinois legislator, including measures to extend health care, fight poverty, and protect civil rights for minorities including gays … [Read more...]

Hertzberg also notes that this method of assigning electoral votes, even though it has superficial appeal for many over the current winner-take-all method, would actually, if adopted across the board, reduce the number of competitive … [Read more...]

For horserace fans: Rasmussen's national poll from June 18th has Clinton at 38%, Obama at 27% and Edwards at 16%.  With shrinking undecideds among likely Democratic primary voters, the other Democrats - who remain far back with … [Read more...]

The Climate Project is a non-profit organization that works to bring education, information, research and citizen action programs to communities across the country, extending the message of the film, An Inconvenient Truth.  Our speaker … [Read more...]

Check out the humorous ads sponsored by Blue Jersey and Garden State Equality at http://bluejersey.co... (choose the "see the ads" tab - for some reason I can't get the link to appear here correctly). They do a great job of showing how … [Read more...]

Just 67 members of the House and 14 Senators (including our own Senators Kerry and Kennedy) had the cojones to vote against the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, so Bill Richardson's vote in favor isn't a surprise.  What is … [Read more...]