Looking a little deeper

In The Times Online, an interesting analysis of the state of American politics: It was a great victory - but not for the Left . The Guardia...

40 Years Ago

(An occasional reminiscence on the events of 1968 ) (See the posts in chronological order ) November 5. The election was upon us, a scary ti...

Can't resist this

Here's a novel take on a political ad. Subtle but effective. It's the 'Wassup' gang from the Budweiser commercials, 8 years ...

Political language

A topic that needs more discussion, and here's a great one from Anil Dash on What Sarah Palin is Saying .

What they think matters

Via Achenblog , a fun graphic from Foreign Policy: If the world could vote ... Heresy to some who think we should ignore what the world thin...

Help for researchers

I hadn't heard of Google's 'In Quotes' until I saw it mentioned in the AskSam newsletter. What an intriguing idea, and hope...