Just as having a lot of pens doesn’t make you a great writer, having a lot of ideas doesn’t make you a great thinker.

It seems that I am shaking my head in bewilderment a lot these last 4 years, and the incredulity just keeps coming: On that long-ago day of Alabama’s great shame, Gov. George C. Wallace (D) stood in a schoolhouse  [more...]

The website of UC Berkeley features an interesting – if somewhat scholarly – feature on how conservatives have dominated the media message by the carefully choosing their words: Language always comes with  [more...]

You know, there’s still plenty of fodder out there for my political rants; witness today’s resignation of Sandra O’Connor. But I’m not feeling the urge to write about it so much any more. Perhaps  [more...]