CA 50th, potential Congressional Bellweather election
See the Washinton Post Political blog for some election horse-race handicapping for the California 50th district special elections race. If…
News from Iraq
It will probably go un-noticed in all the flap on Haditha, but there is a lot of great news coming…
Unity08 Third party initiative
Third party forming over the internet, from KCBuzzblog, the KC Star’s politics blog: A bipartisan group of political organizers launched…
100th post, and some administrivia
I just got back from vacation so I have a lot of ground to recover here at work and won’t…
Memorial Day Poem
A poem from my father, who I thank once again for his service, and thanks on this day to his…
Non-Nuclear ICBMs
To update an earlier post on this, see the new Reuters story on non-nuclear Trident II missle use here. The…
Immigration Bill in Conference
 “The line between good and evil goes through every human heart.” –Solzhenitsyn Now that the Immigration bill is in…
Jefferson Probe Update
I question Denny Hastert’s initial stance on this, as should you. Congresscritters are not above the law, and there aren’t…
Sadaamists hiding in Sweden
One of Sadaam Hussein’s cousins is currently seeking asylum in Sweden, see the article here. In other other interesting developments…
Germany visits the edge of the Non-Nuclear Power abyss
In Germany politicians earlier made committment to eliminate nuclear power from Germany by 2021 after unrelenting pressure over the last…