This morning we got up at four so we had time to drink coffee, wake up, and get to the polls early. I thought the lines would be long and neither of us have patience for standing around waiting. Our poll is within easy walking distance. Often, in local elections,…
What is it that's so bad about . . . What's so bad about Marxists? Is it that they exhibit a sympathy for the working class or is it their understanding of class in terms of differing relations of production? I'm not a "Marxist" because I have some specific serious…
Rachel Maddow is so very very right about the new "poll tax." There is now excuse why people should be standing in line for 2, 4 or 8 hours, waiting to exercise their fundamental right to vote. Time is money, and the de facto system in place in many parts…
Given that technologies such as the internet, personal connectivity, and pervasive monitoring are still in a nearly malignant growth phase, it might be useful to review the positions of the presidential candidates on technology. Keep in mind that the future of America as a technological nation is also dependent on…
As John McCain trails with two days to go before the election, the McCain-Palin campaign continues to make false claims about the Obama-Biden ticket and apparently his own support from “Joe the Plumber.†McCain continues to make a claim that Joe Biden has said that “tax relief should only go…