We wake this morning in a new world. The news this morning is that a number of Hillary Clinton’s pledged superdelegates are switching their allegiance to Barack Obama. The group, led by civil-rights veteran and Georgia Congressman John Lewis, say they are reacting to the popular primary votes in their state, but they are also […]
In a post Thursday, I expressed concern over what damage George Bush and Dick Cheney might do in the 11 months they have remaining in office. Our worst fears were fulfilled within hours. That day, before the House Judiciary Committee, Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the man who was supposed to be better than Alberto Gonzales, […]
It’s snowing in Burlington today, but it’s never too early to begin planning for spring break. This year, you might want to throw the kids in a plane and hustle on down to EPCOT at Walt Disney World. (EPCOT, btw, stands for “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow” – a rare “triple redundancy” and evidence of […]
I have a hard time setting aside my skepticism when it comes to politics, but when this landed in my inbox yesterday, I thought, “Maybe I’ll finally have the chance to vote for something…
Last year, it was honey bees. Across the US, bee colonies were mysteriously deserted. Scientists call it “colony collapse disorder” and a year later are still arguing about the cause. It seems to be starting up this year in France. This year, bats in Eastern New York and Vermont are dying from an unknown malady. […]
The Price of Certainty
This is an election year. It’s a war year, the fifth, soon to be the sixth. It’s a recession year. If recent trends continue, it will be a year of heat, drought and storms. All of this year’s presidential candidates – the ones that have dropped from the race and the ones still in – […]