Archive for the 'Politics' Category

Prediction

Tuesday, November 4th, 2008

It’s a bit optimistic:

To the Next Congress and President

Sunday, October 26th, 2008

In a little more than a week we’ll elect a new President and Congress and unless the Democratic candidates do something horribly inept or the Republican election officials do something horribly corrupt we’re likely to see a President Obama and large Democratic majorities in the House and Senate. This represents an opportunity as well as [...]

Hillaryous

Monday, January 21st, 2008

Found that at Maud Newton’s blog.

I support Barack

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

I support Barack Obama. He is the only viable candidate that is serious about changing politics.

His speech at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner was one of the best speeches I’ve heard from a politician since he spoke at the 2004 Democratic National Convention:

Lawrence Lessig recently publicly endorsed Obama. The alternative to Obama appears to be Hillary; [...]

2006 Senate Race

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006

I predict a 50/50 split of the senate. I made a map at the NYT.

Supreme Court Blocks Trials at Guantanamo

Thursday, June 29th, 2006

Awesome!. Clarence Thomas says:to second-guess the determination of the political branches that these conspirators must be brought to justice is both unprecedented and dangerous. Hmm, I guess the most “determined” branch of government should decide who is and is not guilty.

search for WMD continues

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

good luck with that.

Harold Pinter’s Nobel Prize Lecture

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

The lecture is available for viewing as either video or plain text. My favorite part is this:I know that President Bush has many extremely competent speech writers but I would like to volunteer for the job myself. I propose the following short address which he can make on television to the nation. I see [...]

fox news

Saturday, November 19th, 2005

Always an easy target: