Is George Will begining to perfer Obama?

It is arguable that, because of his inexperience, Obama is not ready for the presidency. It is arguable that McCain, because of his boiling moralism and bottomless reservoir of certitudes,

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Another Hurricain Ike Muse…

After the storm, once you realize you’ve lived through another, your awareness of your surroundings is contracted. You begin by wandering around just your own little space surrounding your home…Checking

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We survived Ike…I think…

We got our power and phones back last night. The neighbors are still dark. I don’t know exactly what the it is the government learned from Katrina, but living through

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Wunder Blog : Weather Underground

This isn’t looking very good…Again. The latest 12Z (8 am EDT) computer models continue to show that Ike will track northwest into the central Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday and

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Deprivatization

Deprivatization I wish people wouldn’t say that Fannie and Freddie have been “nationalized.” I mean, it’s basically accurate, but it conveys the wrong impression. The fact is that Fannie Mae

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Beware of ‘hurricane fatigue,’ officials warn | Houston & Texas News | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

With Hurricane Ike set to travel nearly the length of Cuba today before heading into the Gulf of Mexico, residents from Texas to Florida face another week of worrying about

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Whatever » The Thing About “Rock Stars”

For all the Republicans who are exulting that there’s now a “rock star” on the GOP ticket (and all the Democrats who are freaking out about it), there is one

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