Author Archives: nick

Sarah Palin has succeeded in removing herself from the equation by her sterling performance Thursday night. It is now between John McCain and Barack Obama. If President Obama is in our future, if he is the one who stands up … Continue reading →

Barack Obama is the most accomplished liar I have seen since Bill Clinton, maybe even better than Bill Clinton. John McCain, on the other hand, is one of the worst liars I have ever seen in public life. This is … Continue reading →

Here’s an email exchange between me and my cousin Andy about McCain’s lame reaction to the financial meltdown, which I had already been forced to concede was lame, just because it really was lame. The excerpts from my email are … Continue reading →

OK, I admit it, much as I hate to. The current financial crisis is a result of a lack of governmental oversight and regulation. I hate to admit it because it is a given, as far as I’m concerned, that … Continue reading →

It’s funny. The only real news angle at the carefully staged Democratic Convention is the extent of the rift between the Clintonistas and the Obamaniacs. The pundits, whether on Fox or The News Hour or MSNBC, all agree that the … Continue reading →

I really don’t like this guy Barack Obama. At first I was like, this guy’s OK, I don’t agree with him mostly, but he is a breath of fresh air in many ways. Wouldn’t it be great at home and … Continue reading →

The ideological battle lines have been drawn. On the Right is the usual multiplicity of opinions about the Russian invasion of Georgia and the wisdom, or lack thereof, of the various possible U.S. responses to it. On the Left is … Continue reading →

I’m beginning to think that perhaps the Democrats have nominated yet another lame-o candidate, in the tradition of George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Michael Dukakis, and John Kerry. Barack Obama is a hard man to get to know, but the more … Continue reading →

Interesting article about the new urban monoculture. This is one of the reasons why I was glad to get out of San Francisco. Now that we’re in Murfreesboro, 30 miles from Nashville, we long to move to the city, to … Continue reading →

On the one hand, it is almost too easy to disparage the trivial nature of the issues in this Presidential campaign, the issues that rise to the top of the national media’s attention. Did John McCain question Obama’s patriotism? Why … Continue reading →