After years of reading through political science academic writings at their most mundane, there is not much left that could really inspire me to delve deeper into the field. While I’m always up for learning more, it would take something...
January 24, 2012 11:57 pm / 1 comment
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou (Photo by Vasilis Filis, Wikimedia Commons)
For those of you just joining the ongoing Greek debt/Euro crisis currently unfolding, here’s the abridged version: For years, Greece employed excessive...
November 3, 2011 1:51 pm / 1 comment
The Republican candidates, along with most of America, only knows about the existence of this state as a result of our broken primaries.
If you’ve ever wondered why the early months of the presidential election season give so much focus...
October 3, 2011 11:41 pm / 2 comments
Perhaps what Americans need is a change of mindset.
I accept as a foregone conclusion that politicians have to oversimplify many issues in order to connect with voters. With the possible exception of Sarah Palin, I don’t think that any candidates...
September 17, 2011 12:40 pm / no comments
Yes, we all know the Transportation Security Administration has upped the creepy quota recently. Yes, the remarkably unused color-coded security alert system has been finally cancelled, after hovering at a fatally uninteresting level of “Orange”...
December 5, 2010 7:53 pm / no comments
Sen. Franken is the reigning Senate Peek-a-Boo Champion.
Remember when people were all concerned that Al Franken, as a comedian, wasn’t qualified for the Senate?
That was dumb. I’m starting to think that comedians are becoming the...
November 12, 2010 2:01 pm / no comments
You know, sometimes I have to wonder if everyone sees elections the same way that I do. Then I realize that it’s way more fun if I assume they don’t. Here’s what I imagine different people will see on their ballots next Tuesday.
Average...
October 27, 2010 4:49 pm / no comments
While there have been plenty of good things happening this week, the stories that have grabbed my attention of late have all led me to suspect that The Glass is Half Empty. While this could certainly be a case of “the only good news is...
September 29, 2010 10:52 pm / no comments
Name: John Russell “Russ” Carnahan
Born: July 10, 1958
Party: Democrat
District: Missouri’s Third District
Committee Assignments: Transportation and Infrastructure, Science and Technology, Foreign Affairs
Website: www.carnahan.house.gov
If...
September 7, 2010 4:52 pm / no comments
Kerry and Netanyahu: Friendly, but for how much longer?
There is no country in the world that frustrates me quite as much as Israel. I want to like it, I really do, but every time I find myself gaining a healthy respect for it, it finds a new...
March 31, 2010 5:00 am / no comments