The Cult of Rove
by Pete on October 31, 2006
On NPR’s Morning Edition this morning, host Steve Inskeep had a conversation with senior Washington editor Ron Elving about Karl Rove’s claims that Republicans will maintain control of both houses of Congress. “It might just be spin,” said Elving (there’s (…)
Won’t someone please think of the marriages
by Pete on October 30, 2006
This morning’s Washington Post features an editorial by Georgia Supreme Court Presiding Justice Leah Ward Sears entitled “A Case for Strengthening Marriage.” Starting from the statistics that “less than half of U.S. households are headed by married couples” and that (…)
Ubuntu 6.10 on my laptop
by Pete on October 29, 2006
The new version of Ubuntu Linux was released this past Thursday, so, like the dutiful nerd that I am, I immediately downloaded a copy and installed it on my laptop that night. I’ve been running Ubuntu 6.06 since its release (…)
Protecting the American people
by Pete on October 29, 2006
It may come as a surprise, but there is a particular line of which George W. Bush seems fond that has been bugging me. According to the Washington Post, it came up once again during a campaign event yesterday in (…)
Again with the Bergen op-ed
by Pete on October 28, 2006
Kevin Drum over at Washington Monthly has has a post up about the Peter Bergen NYT op-ed I discussed in a post yesterday. Drum has the following to say regarding Bergen’s suggestion that a U.S. withdrawal from Iraq would amount (…)
Should we stay or should we go?
by Pete on October 27, 2006
Having just read for the 2,353rd time that the election this November will be about Iraq, I came across Peter Bergen’s op-ed piece in yesterday’s New York Times Although he shows up on CNN on a semi-regular basis, Bergen is (…)
Craig is blogging again
by Pete on October 26, 2006
You should check it out.
New Jersey gets something right
by Pete on October 26, 2006
Although we cannot find that a fundamental right to same-sex marriage exists in this state, the unequal dispensation of rights and benefits to committed same-sex partners can no longer be tolerated under our state constitution. And with that, the NJ (…)
BSG! BSG! BSG!
by Pete on October 25, 2006
As if there were any doubt that Battlestar Galactica is the best show on television, last week’s episode provides the following mountain of irrefutable evidence: Col. Tighe having to kill his wife even after it’s clear she did it all (…)
Think like they talk
by Pete on October 23, 2006
My heart was buoyed somewhat when I read the following in this morning’s Washington Post about a high school English teacher who actually teaches his student the details of grammar: Ten or 20 years ago, Greiner might have been ostracized (…)