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A Few Brief Thoughts on the Palin VP Selection

I was traveling for most of the day yesterday so I didn’t have much of a chance to write anything about John McCain’s selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Sitting in the car I did get a chance to listen to talk radio, something I...

Barack Obama’s Acceptance Speech

The following is the text, as prepared for delivery, of Senator Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, as provided by the Obama campaign. To Chairman Dean and my great friend Dick Durbin; and to all my fellow citizens...

Obama and McCain Working Together Like Bosom Buddies

With the Presidential campaign about to go nuclear negative, I thought it might be time to re-link to a post I wrote a couple of months ago regarding the only time that Barack Obama and John McCain have worked together in the Senate. Obama used the instance as the...

Richard Posner Opines on the Supreme Court

An interesting article on the Supreme Court by Richard Posner. Posner is a judge on the Seventh Circuit here in Chicago, a professor at the University of Chicago and generally regarded as one of most influential legal minds of this generation. The article is longish...

This is Gonna Get Naaasty!!

Why haven’t I paid any attention to politics before this year? Its awesome. So, the other day, McCain gets asked how many homes he has. Usually a pretty simple question of course, but, well, Cindy McCain is pretty wealthy and has more than a single two bedroom...