UK’s Widespread “Expenses” Scandal
“Shame” has permeated the UK Parliament as the full extent of the so-called “expenses scandal” becomes widely known. And I’m just sorry I’ve not been able to blog about it in the last month...
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Family Visit
I meant to do this post last week, but here it goes. For the first time since 1996, my two siblings, myself, and our father, all gathered together at the same place at the...
Walking Out
Exposing the general laziness of the FBK-backed majority’s Senators, a small group of seven were able to deny the UF Student Senate the necessary quorum to conduct business at this week’s meeting. (A quorum,...
Star Trek Relaunched
With $75 million already in the bank after 3 days at the box office, the new cast and crew of “Star Trek” have successfully relaunched a franchise long-since thought dead. Many, including Matt Ygelsias,...
Wanted: Principled Centrists for Minority Party
Ross Douthat has the right idea. A lot of what passes for “centrist” ideas in Washington is self-serving Senators in both parties splitting the difference between two competing sides and declaring victory in their...
Souter Retiring Creates SCOTUS Vacancy
According to news reports late last week, Justice David Souter is retiring from the Supreme Court. This is quite serendipitous, as just two days before, I completed work on a novel detailing a partisan...
Specter Switches Parties
President Obama is “thrilled” to have Specter on the Democratic side of the aisle, a breaking new development occuring on this, the President’s 100th day in office. Specter, a Republican Senator from Pennsylvania, was...
Windmills, Pancake Houses, and Taverns
I visited Colonial Williamsburg this weekend with a friend. The single most surprising thing I discovered there was that the entire town appeared overrun by pancake houses. Seriously! Every other block there was another...