MY ARGUMENTS:
Information. Where to Get It and How to Use It.
What is Socialism? Is Obama a Socialist?
MICHIGAN : PROPOSAL 2008-02 : Embryonic Stem-Cell Research.
California Proposition #8.
MICHIGAN : PROPOSAL 2008-01 : Medical Marijuana.
Event: Blue Skies Falling endorsements, 2008. Read More »
If this issue is going to be brought up in debate and discussion, we owe it to each other to confront the issue up front. College profs have a tendency to make it complicated, but as for the disputes dominating the news today, the discussion needn’t be particularly complicated.
… Read the restEvent: What Is Socialism? Is Obama a Socialist? Read More »
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Dear Mr. Danziger,
For several years now I’ve openly described your work as my very favorite of political cartoonists. Your drawing has a precision that goes beyond a canny resemblance and your cutting captions can sum up an issue in better than a thousand words.
… Read the restEvent: "We’ll make ’em fit! It’ll be fun!" Read More »
Tom is my godfather, and one of the most astute bloggers I read. Today’s post is not only inspiring, but rigorous as it ties together many threads that have been dominating political conversation these days: the nature of change, the meaning of patriotism, an ideology of “others” in America.
… Read the restEvent: Tom’s Post of the Morning. Read More »
Information on National and Local Races.
ILLINOIS – COOK COUNTY
MICHIGAN – GENESEE COUNTY
NEW YORK – KINGS COUNTY
Congress.org: My races.
This website is a great, nonpartisan tool; it contains each candidates’ statements of their own positions. Input your address and zip code and it will tell you which races are contested in the executive and legislative branches.
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We all knew that the New York Times was going to endorse Obama.
They’ve endorsed Democrats since 1960, including such uphill candidates as Walter Mondale and George McGovern. And good on them for doing so. We might even say that the Chicago Trib’s Obama endorsement is more significant in the grand scheme of things.
… Read the restEVENT: Indulgent Gushing About the New York Times. Read More »
I don’t have the time today to write out something really thoughtful myself, so I’m going to link to some of the smart people I read, who regularly blog about politics. Here’s some of their recent goodies.
EGAD, or demythologizing the fetish of place: Flames.
… Read the restEvent: Just Good Stuff. Read More »
U.S. House of Representative: Illinois 9th District
Incumbent Jan Schakowsky (Democrat) vs. Moe Shanfield (Green) vs. Michael Younan (Republican)
Blue Skies Falling endorses: MOE SHANFIELD (GREEN)
This is, actually, probably the hardest decision for me to make this cycle.
There is little question of the race’s outcome, but I need to outline my reasoning, because I vocally supported Schakowsky in 2004.
… Read the restEVENT: Why I’m Voting Against Jan Schakowsky in the Illinois 9th District Race. Read More »
Daily Kos: Chicago Tribune endorses Obama.
By “first time since it was founded,” we’re going back to the year 1847.
Chicago Tribune: Tribune Endorsement: Barack Obama for president.
… Read the restI think I might have annoyed him, because after I responded to the personal email I received from Plouffe, he evidently forwarded my complaint to some campaign clerk who sent off some soulless form response.
From David Plouffe, BarackObama.com to Connor Coyne:
Connor —
Now that Barack won the final debate, there’s only one milestone remaining in this campaign — Election Day.
… Read the restEvent: The Personal Email Conversation I’ve Just Had With David Plouffe. Read More »