Entries for September 2006

In the current dispute between former Bush administration higher-up Richard Armitage and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, I'll take the Pakistani.

President Bush and the Republican Party are depending on the politics of fear and higher taxes to overcome widespread voter upset with administration conduct of the war in Iraq and other less alarming problems.

There is too much media bashing these days, especially in the media themselves and largely from right-wing sources finding fault with the "mainstream media."

Voters should be outraged that the balloting system in this nation is unreliable. Six years after the fiasco in Florida, we continue to look for an answer. This vital arm of our democracy still has problems.

MINNEAPOLIS–If you want to find a retired politician who is happy, thriving, and engaged, say hello to Walter F. Mondale.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.–Some unusual battles are taking place in the northern prairies at the ballot box and in the jury box.

Friends tell me I'm always ripping the Bush administration and Republicans generally. They are wrong.