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This is the John McCain that I once respected, and for whom in years past, I would have considered voting … well , except for the Sarah Palin comments in the middle of the speech. If this had been the John McCain that had been campaigning for the past several months, I feel the election [...]

It’s time

Sometimes, I really wish I didn’t have to turn to the foreign media to get the best news from an unbiased and objective perspective. The Economist has long been one of those foreign sources of news to which I have turned to get a broader perspective of world events.

The Economist generally has a [...]

A Brief History of Fruit Fly Research

Fruit flies or Sarah Palin … I know which way I’d vote. Fruit flies have done far more good for the American people than has the Alaskan Governor.

But apparently, Ms. Palin feels that if she doesn’t understand a program, then it’s not worth spending money on … and since her understanding of pretty much [...]

Don’t Vote

Don’t vote … unless you care about your future, your children’s future, your grandchildren’s future, the economy, civil rights, human rights, women’s rights or gay rights, the war in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to worship (or not to worship) how you choose, education, defense, [...]

God & Politics: redux

A repost from March, prompted by various Twitter and other assertions that the United States was founded on “Christian principles” … nothing could be further from the truth.

The only part of became the United States that was founded on “Christian” principles was the original Plymouth colony in Massachusetts, by the Puritans who were escaping [...]

I’ve done my part …

… by going to Holladay City Hall after work today, and casting my ballot. Now the rest of y’all need to go do the same.

Voting is not just a right and a privilege, but also a duty.

Brilliance

Having a migraine is something I would never wish upon any other person … but when you get them as often as I do, you know that often the only thing that can be done is to write-off the day, pop a couple Maxalt or Relpax, crawl into bed and sleep.

After taking off from [...]

Going negative doesn’t help

Tonight is going to be the final debate between Barack Obama and John McCain. I wonder if McCain will be able to drop his condescending, petty, mean, attacking manner to actually engage Barack Obama in a fair discussion of the issues, without resorting to distortion and lies.

I doubt it.

Thankfully, McCain’s approach hasn’t [...]

In case there’s any doubt …

… on which candidate to vote for come November, let these two vid clips point the way.

Barack Obama rides a bicycle (albeit with a saddle that’s WAY too low).

John McCain will veto beer.

If that’s not a clear sign, I don’t know what is.

A Defining Moment

Obama: I will be the Democratic nominee

WASHINGTON (CNN) — In what he called a “defining moment for our nation,” Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday became the first African-American to head the ticket of a major political party.

Obama’s steady stream of superdelegate endorsements, combined with the delegates he received from Tuesday’s primaries, put him [...]