I’ve had a hard time figuring out just how I should write about the current national/global financial situation, which has, for good reason, been the main topic of most of the news shows I catch. It’s hard for me to avoid a guttural, personal reaction to this, not just because my bank is one of the ones that’s been reported as being the next to go, but because I’ve had to take on so many new financial responsibilities since Dad’s death. I know that our…
I’m glad that Hurricane Gustav did not wreak as much havoc on the Gulf Coast as so many of us feared it would, and I thought it was quite classy for the Republican Party to alter their convention plans this past Monday like they did. By Tuesday, however, things were back to normal for them, and trying to sit through their convention has been one of the most painful things I’ve done in a long, long time. Fred Thompson’s speech reminded me of exactly why…
For all the possibilities I had in mind for how yesterday’s session of the Democratic National Convention would go, I never thought that I would end up feeling sympathetic for Hillary Clinton’s supporters, and that the sympathy would be engendered by the actions of Nancy Pelosi. The MSNBC anchors I was watching didn’t make much of it — not that they would, of course, but Pelosi refusing to pause even for a millisecond between asking for nay votes on Obama’s acclamation and closing the vote…
By the time the night is over we’ll already be halfway through the Democratic National Convention, and not a moment too soon. Don’t get me wrong, I was as glad as anyone to see Ted Kennedy so strong and vibrant last night (well, at least anyone but the Sean Hannities of the world who respond to Kennedy’s name with "Chappaquiddick" like some sort of nervous tick), and I thought that Michelle Obama delivered a fairly powerful speech after that. I’m not sure exactly what it…
According to some insiders, we are now less than twenty-four hours away from Barack Obama naming his vice-presidential candidate, and I’ve deliberately avoided the news shows today so as not to retch from all the speculation and hyperbole. I must assume that all the hosts on MSNBC must be buttoning their suits a little loose tonight to hide how erect their nipples are with anticipation. Come tomorrow morning, so the story goes, Obama will make his announcement, and instead of calling a press conference or…