Several hours after Senator Norm Coleman’s first term officially expired, challenger Al Franken all but officially took the Senate seat away from Coleman. Franken has a 226-vote lead at the moment. But Coleman has...
Damn, I accidently deleted my last electoral college projection. I remember it was something like 306-176-56. (A gain of 20 for Obama and 2 for McCain, and the 56 are tossups.) High turnout A...
Before next week’s financial deadline, and before new polls come out of the first debate, I’ll update my Senate projections now. To run the table and get to a 60-seat Democratic majority (even counting...
I’m not going to get into a lot of the particulars of tonight’s event. Tonight was supposed to be McCain’s strong suit, because of foreign policy. While I think Obama was weakest in the...
Consider these two recent news stories about Sarah Palin: 1) Trying to spin herself out of trouble, Sarah Palin defends a controversial firing by saying the Public Safety Commissioner was too aggressive in setting...
SNL really redeemed itself with this skit. Too bad Obama had to back out because of PR concerns surrounding Hurricane Ike.
Here’s what I’ve noticed about John McCain in his current iteration: 1) He wants the benefit of being a POW, without the baggage of being called out for using it as a crutch. 2)...
My sister is a small-l libertarian who has voted for President Bush and President Clinton in the past (and she voted for Libertarian Harry Browne in between). She is now a registered undecided voter,...
The Battle of the Bulge was a critical battle in the war against Hitler's Nazis. Soldiers fought and died every day in the dead of winter. And when a grenade fell into his foxhole, Jim thought he was surely dead. What happened next was nothing short of heroic...
Note: This is based on a true story of the war, as told by the late James C. Kerns.
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Rush Week, immature pranks, and brightly colored shirts. Some people remember their college days as a time of non-stop partying. Others, including a shy freshman with a crush, discover their life’s calling amidst difficult circumstances.
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