In 2000, a Streetwise Veteran Schooled a Bold Young Obama. Interesting account of politics on the south side of Chicago. It mentions several names I remember from my Chicago days. In particular, I am pleased to see that Abner Mikva is still with us. He was our State Rep when I first came to Chicago, in 1957.
I am waiting for mia_mcdavid. Her mother is watching political commentary on TV–just after the Republican debate. All I can think of are H.L. Mencken quotations:
Gen, mia_mcdavid‘s mother, arrived yesterday for a visit. She will be staying until next Saturday. This is good. I get along with her very well. last night she took us to a great dinner at a well known (to foodies) restaurant in St. Paul. A rare visit to the culinary stratosphere.
Gen is a political junkie, so we have had the Democratic presidential debate on for the last couple hours. Very low signal-to-noise ratio.
Abortion rate = 2.06 + 1.71 * Poverty rate (R2= 0.37)
Under that dry title you will read:
….abortion rates went down sharply during the Clinton administration, in spite of his pro-abortion stance. The change reversed in the current administration, in spite of Bush’s anti-abortion stance….
The single most effective anti-abortion activity in the last 23 years was the reduction of poverty
From Monastic Musings.
6000 years of Republican debates. Is there anybody around who can channel H.L. Mencken???
I have a confession to make: I never heard of Don Imus until the current fuss started. I normally go through life happily oblivious of large parts of popular culture.
I am aware that this might be a character flaw, and I have a plan to deal with it: I try to watch Jay Leno’s monologue on the Tonight Show once a week. It is my Cliff’s Notes for mass media stuff.
…is from the Worst Company in America. See DNC appoints RIAA shill to run Public Affairs for convention. Via Slashdot
From Hilbert Space to Dilbert Space, and beyond 