I've had some thoughts swirling around in my head about our system of government, or really our election process, and a lot of the commentary on the inauguration today brought them to the forefront. We have a process, a rather remarkable process really, of regularly and orderly shaking up our government. We have elections instead of coups, and ( Read more... )

This Onion article from about eight years ago is just plain creepy.

Also, while I've put on my political hat, Colin Powell's endorsement of Obama is incredibly insightful and eloquent.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27265369/

Here's the full transcript if you are interested ( Read more... )

This is the best expression of how I feel about the whole wall street fiasco that I've seen yet. And better yet it made me laugh. (thanks to beckiemoriello)

I was upset enough about the Paulson proposal to write to my Congresscritters on Monday, and now I'd really like to get back to my normal life where my attention is on my kids, not on a situation beyond my ( Read more... )

I don't often post about politics. These days I admit that I don't often think about politics--I've got enough on my mind keeping track of my little corner of the world without worrying about things that are largely out of my control. But the fervor over Palin has broken into my little politics free bubble and so today I donated to the Obama ( Read more... )

Justice O'Connor has resigned.

goteam posed the question "what gives you hope?" in response to the recent election results. So I thought about it a bit, and here's what I came up with. Please feel free to add your thoughts--this is something that I'll probably be thinking about a lot in the coming months ( Read more... )