Rachel Maddow updates the campaigns; talks with Obama

Rachel Maddow talks intelligently, extremely intelligently.   As she reports here, today wasn't a good day for John McCain. It was a joy to hear Maddow interview with Barack Obama on why he doesn't attack "conservatives," the future of energy and Pakistan. Maddow represents the direction journalism needs to go.  Probing,…

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John McCain Votes Early … for Obama!

Yes, friends, it's true. But it's not accurate. Most of the times I've stayed in Cincinnati I have stayed at the house of one John McCain. He told me Dan, I thought you might get a kick from this.  I was contacted by the Sandusky Register.  They had been trying…

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“Synchronized Presidental Debating” highlights the lack of meaningful dialogue.

In this video from 23/6, we can exactly how little valuable dialogue arose from the three presidential debates: Funny thing: I don't exactly blame the candidates for becoming sad little broken records in this reductio ad absurdum. I blame the media for asking the same questions over and over in…

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Canvassers

Yesterday I needed to get out the door earlier than usual to get to work.  We have a big order due next Monday and a couple extra hours a day will see it done with time to spare.  But I do need that extra time and I don't really want…

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