Up and to the left, George

Another day, yet another rat. Matthew Dowd knows sorrow and loss. He has been divorced twice. A daughter died two months after she was born. And then there is the added heartbreak – a word he uses – of his  [more...]

1948 was the election that is represented by the iconic image of the “Dewey Defeats Truman” newspaper headline and the unexpected victory of Harry Truman. While working on an election issue of the magazine I  [more...]

I generally work best when poking at authority and complaining about our government, and as every other site on the net gives links to charities, I’ll forego that in favor of more tidbits from Daily Kos: Update:  [more...]