Ken Is Speaking Blog

Entry for “Cliche Excuse of the Week”

Apparently, Cindy Sheehan, the anti-war activist who lost her son in Iraq, doesn’t believe in beating a dead horse, but certainly doesn’t mind beat a dead son: I’m appalled that Diane Feinstein wouldn’t recognize...

Chafee In Trouble

Okay, so Survey USA has done a nationwide survey of approval ratings for Senators. And the results aren’t all that great for Lincoln Chafee (Rino-RI). I single him out, because his results are interesting,...

UF 2006 Is Slow Moving

Since I’ve begun working on “Legacies”, a prequel to my Adams trilogy, I’ve gotten roped into following the UF 2006 election a little more closely than I did the 2003-2005 spring elections. At least...

3rd Force Now A Laughing Stock?

With the latest admission, it appears the UK Liberal Democrats are running the risk of giving away all the gains they’ve made since Prime Minister Tony Blair’s Labor party first took power in 1997,...

Scoop on UF 2007?

The permanent campaign also exists at UF. If you want to know who FBK is considering as front-runners for the 2007 Spring election, and the perils FBK faces with having multiple candidates aiming to...

Conservatives In… Barely

In Canada’s federal parliamentary elections last night, the Conservatives returned to power for the first time since 1993, almost 13 years in the political wilderness caused in large part by the West’s more hard-line...

Rush “Success”?

I’ve always been interested in knowing how Rush Week ends at UF – how many of those who show up at Rush parties end up receiving bids to become pledges in fraternities. Today, I...

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…...