New government Website for Obama

There's a new website for the president-elect: Change.gov . Lots of information here on the inauguration, the new administration, the ag...

How it was in DC

I love Joel Achenbach's blog posting with photos of the spontaneous demonstration that erupted outside the White House Tuesday night: Al...

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...

How the Times covers Iraq

Great story in next month's Vanity Fair about the New York Times bureau in Iraq, the only U.S paper that hasn't cut back it's i...

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...

What could you buy with it?

Dress Like Palin . What you could do with Sarah's spending money.

I voted

Right here. No lines. (Although one began to accumulate as we were leaving.)