Why “The West Wing” Is Ending
Don’t get me wrong – I love The West Wing. I think Hollywood doesn’t do enough in the political genre and of late seems be ODing on murder/scifi/reality shows. And I think The West...
Ken Is Speaking Blog
Sleaze Epidemic Widens?!?
In a breaking news story surely not welcomed by the incumbent party, Senator Bill Frist is being investigated by the SEC and the Department of Justice for what amounts to insider trading. Basically, Frist...
Opposition Research Gone Wild!
The Washington Post reported this week that two staffers from the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee committed identify theft/fraud in the pursuit of opposition rearch on Lieutenant Governor Michael Steele (R-MD). Basically, these DSCC staffers...
The boy President is pissed!
Recently, University of Florida Student Body President Joe Goldberg pulled the plug on SG’s advertising in the Alligator, the University’s largest (and basically only) campus newspaper. In doing so, he is the first SG...
Chaos in Deutscheland
Patrick Ruffini, a conservative blogger I’ve frequently read even in those proto-blog days of the late 90s, usually has a good take on international elections. This time, in a review of the recently concluded...
Proofreader Wanted
I need an editor/proofreader for “The Proxy Senator”. Two friends of mine who offered to help no longer have the time to give to this project, at least if I want to complete the...
Sour Grapes & Slights of Hand
Today, the BBC is reporting that some in the Liberal Democrats party in the UK are upset with their electoral performance, and are looking for revenge. To me, it’s just a matter of sour...
Shocker: Spoils System Never Left
Despite the “shock” and “dismay” being expressed over recent events, and despite of the well-meaning intentions of the good-government types, I am here to point out that the Spoils System never left American politics....