Author: Ken

Oh, Canada! – A Prelude

On Monday, Canada will elect its next Parliament, and it looks like the Liberal party, which escaped defeat in 2004 by scaring Canadians about their opposition, are trying to repeat the same exact campaign…...

Voices About Voice

Apparently, a couple SG blogs have stirred buzz about the voices of alumni speaking out against current SG hijinks. This in response to myself, Nick Capezza, and Mike Belle among others writings letters to...

Who Called?

During my training session today at work, I got a call on my cell from a number, (352) 283-2168. But they didn’t leave a message, and I don’t recognize the number. So who called?...

Students Need Accountability from SG

Well, as the Alligator seeths with the Cosimi-gate scandal, yours truly weighed in. My original letter to the editor was more balanced than the edited version they published, as my blog post was balanced....

Congress Won’t Easily Flip to the Dems

In an exception analysis, Thomas Schaller explains that there are plenty of competitive seats for the Democrats in blue-states – enough that a Dixie rebellion or a Western seachange a’la Colorado won’t be necessary...

Balanced Disappointment

I was once there – as a Minority Leader in the UF Student Senate, I was frequently on the lonely side of an issue. (One time, I proposed a budget amendment to give more...

SG Live-Blogging

Apparently, Virgil is live-blogging tonight’s Student Senate meeting at UF. Oddly enough, I’m not surprised by his write-up. It sounds a lot like what I remember from any Senate meeting, except the whole thing...

The Future Is Now

Okay, cheesy title, but I ran out of ideas. It turns out that there is a cadre of UF student government types who have read my book, “Reunion at University Avenue” – perhaps because...