Live from the Nuke Free Zone

Oakland Athletics third baseman Eric Chavez provided the fireworks that the Oakland offense needed last night, batting 4-5 and driving in 4 runs in the A’s 9-3 victory over the New York Yankees. Chavez then provided more fireworks after the game, speaking out in a blunt and energetic condemnation of United States foreign policy in […]

Tomorrow I’ll be attending the Centre County Democratic Party’s monthly breakfast.  It’s more of a social event than a working event — it builds party bonds and attracts new people.  However, we also have a speaker — I may blog on the discussion next week — and tomorrow’s topic will be immigration.  This topic has […]

Well, I missed my regular Friday Questions column, but I’ve got a pretty good late version today, I think.
I’m reading articles about the Democrats challenging the Administration’s administration of the Iraq war, and the Republicans firing back in general with either “you don’t have a plan” or, if a plan is presented, “you want to […]

I have a promised weekly article quota to fill and the obvious topic of political ranting — President Deigns to Stop Breaking Some Laws, Demands Right to Continue Breaking Others — is so old and repeated that I’m tired of it. Get me a Democratic chamber of Congress already so I can have some semblance […]

It’s a state race, but control of the Senate is at stake so it’s a national issue: Bob Casey will debate Rick Santorum on Meet the Press this Sunday. This should be a blast — check your local listings and watch Bob stomp our weird junior Senator into the ground!