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Dirty Tactics?

Today I don’t want to talk about the Presidential election. There’s lots of time until the North Carolina and Indiana primaries, and all the behind-the-scenes stuff and the nasty campaigning can wait until another day.
Today I want to talk about another kind of dirty political tactics!
The New York Post and the New York Times both led [...]


Brokered Political Conventions

The appearance of GOP Continual-Candidate Mike Huckabee on Saturday Night Live was very entertaining and showed Huckabee still has a good sense of humor, especially his remarks about relying on Super Delegates. His “I’m not a math man, I’m more of a miracle man” line has been quoted elsewhere, but he delivered it again with style.
What [...]


Dishing the Dirt, Politics as Usual

As the political nominating process continues, the usual and time-honored tradition of mud-slinging has begun in earnest. If you thought there was nastiness and sly innuendo going on in the preceding debates and primary campaigns, just get ready. We are now moving into the advanced stage of nastiness.
Normally, the booing Hillary Clinton got from Barack [...]


This Is Not a Conspiracy Theory, But Simply An Observation on One Amazingly Prolific NYT Letter Writer


Think it’s tough to get your thoughts published by the most venerable newspaper in the country? Don’t tell that to Margaret McGirr. The Greenwich, Conn., resident has seen no fewer than 35 letters to the editor appear in the New York Times in the last decade — with at least nine others appearing under the name of “Maggie McGirr” — according to a Lexis/Nexis search. Her most recent effort arrives in today’s paper, where she writes that President George W. Bush “has always been the first to acce

Self-destruction lite


The New York Times has a thought-provoking article about self-handicapping - the attempt to actually make yourself worse at something. The idea is that if a bad performance is expected, some people actively try and handicap themselves before hand, perhaps by not practising or by getting drunk, so they have an excuse already lined up and can preserve their self-esteem when they don't do very well. I'm sure we've all heard about this sort of behaviour discussed anecdotally, but I didn't realise

Great articles about James Harrison


I typically don’t do posts that are merely links to other things on the web. However, there are two articles that I read that I just thought were too good for any Steelers fan to miss. They are both about James Harrison, and his incredible path to becoming A.P. Defensive Player of the Year. The first article is from the New York Times, and can be found here. The second article is from Yahoo Sports, and can be found here. I hope you all enjoy these articles as much as I did. (If you enjoyed

Bloomberg Delays Affordable Housing Mandates; Why Won’t Corzine?


Bloomberg Delays Affordable Housing Mandates; Why Won’t Corzine? Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R-Somerset) and Senator Phil Haines (R-Burlington) called on the Corzine Administration to follow the lead of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who announced that New York City’s affordable housing program will be delayed for one year. According to a report in the January 6, 2009 edition of The New York Times, Mayor Bloomberg announced in his weekly radio address New York City’s housing plans would be de



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