Confronting the Voter ID question: a modest proposal
Over at McGehee's site, I found this posting, which in turn linked to this story about a lawsuit over requiring voters to show an ID when they go to …
Tag: politics
The thin blue line of freedom
I've often discussed the huge philosophical differences between my own New Hampshire and Massachusetts, that persistent reminder of just how things could be worse, just to our south. But …
Hopping on the "Pork For The Big Easy" bandwagon
Everyone else seems to be offering up their home state's pet federal projects for sacrifice in order to free up money for the reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina (and earning …
The real cannibalism story out of New Orleans
One of America's greatest strengths in the past has been our ability, in the time of great national crisis, to set aside our differences and pull together as one …
Evil thoughts inspired by the Roberts hearings
As the day when the nigh-inevitable confirmation of John Roberts as our nation's Chief Justice, more and more speculation is swirling around who President Bush will nominate to take …
End of an era in New Hampshire?
I grew up in northern New Hampshire, and a fixture on the political scene was a guy named Ray Burton. Almost 30 years ago, Ray got himself elected to …
Signs of sanity in the gay marriage fight
I've always been of the opinion that the only way gay marriage will come about, and stay, was when it was generally accepted by the people. And the best …
Kos vs. the DNC — D-Day + 9
On Monday, August 22, 2005 (my late mother's birthday, oddly enough), Markos "Screw 'em" Zuniga announced that he had a secret plan that would destroy the Democratic Leadership Conference. …
Yet more evidence that "conservatives think, liberals feel"
This morning's Boston Globe has an op-ed written by a former campaign advisor to the state's Attorney General, Tom Reilly, taking him to task over the drive to put …
Oh, who gives a damn what the people want?
As I noted last week, there's a petition drive to put gay marriage on a statewide referendum going on in Massachusetts right now. And it looks like they'll get …