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The Second Term Curse
What is it about second terms that tends to upend the Presidency? It seems that no one is immune, at least for those who followed FDR’s unprecedented four terms. Truman had the Red Scare and the floundering Korean Conflict. Ike … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
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Under Pressure
Within nanoseconds of the horrific bombing of the Boston Marathon, cable news went into overdrive to relay the events to the public. After four hours of running the same video loop of the explosions, (from every angle and in slow … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food, Politics
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Hail, Calitopia!
California politics have always been weird, but one of the strangest episodes was the Governor’s race in 1934. Upton Sinclair, author of The Jungle, decided to go mainstream in the newly revived New Deal Democratic Party after years of running … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
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Deep Doo-Doo
I may have mentioned here that I have been working on a graphic novel titled Scablands about my younger day adventures in Eastern Washington. Part of the story involves the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, where the plutonium that leveled Nagasaki was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics
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State Of The (Local) Union
After watching the President’s speech last night, I decided to present my own observations on the state of the economy, at the local level. Over the weekend, I saw at least five individuals standing on the side of the road … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Politics
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Obese Tuesday
Forget about the Pope retiring, the North Korean nuclear sabre-rattling, the State of the Union, the BIG news of the week is Rex Reed’s scathing review of the new movie, Identity Thief starring Melissa McCarthy, in which he describes the star … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Food, Politics
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Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus
While everyone’s attention was focused on the Obama Coronation today, Virginia Republicans managed to sneak in a gerrymander eliminating a Democratic district. The vote was 20-19, and passed because one Dem lawmaker was out of town at the inauguration. As … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Stuck In The Middle With Who?
It’s awful lonely here in Centerville, sandwiched between the left and the right. There used to be quite a few of us, but some hard lines have been drawn in the sand in the last four years. They call me … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
9 Comments
What If They Held An Election And No One Showed Up?
There’s an election tomorrow for state senate. Thanks to Dan “I want it all” Logue’s off-and-on candidacy in the general election in November, no one managed to get the required 50%+ needed to avoid a run-off. This has been the … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Politics
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