I could do a number of posts on Obama’s speech last night at the DNC. But I’m fairly sure that Mike will be doing an analysis of it at some point, and I’d rather take potshots at his analysis from the peanut gallery than write my own (well, at least I’m honest about these [...]

McCain just announced his choice for Vice President: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. From the brief bios coming out about her, Gov. Palin is a very socially conservative, anti-corruption crusader originally from Idaho, and is now in her second year as Governor. Before that she was mayor and councilwoman from a small Alaska town. [...]

Its about 10 minutes before Obama gives his talk. I tuned in a bit early to be sure I didn’t miss it. I was intrigued by the “American Voices Program”… they have a bunch of normal Americans giving short talks about why Obama is their candidate. The speakers were carefully chosen to [...]

Here’s some relevant history for you to consider. Since 1900, this is only the ninth occasion where the sitting president was not his party’s nominee. Here is a breakdown of those eight other elections:

I’ve said it before, but it bears repeating as the Democrats gear up for Foreign Policy Day at their convention: the Iraq War was a bad idea for reasons that have absolutely nothing to do with WMDs.

There is a classic Simpsons episode in which Sideshow Bob tries to unseat Mayor Quimby. As part of his campaign, Sideshow Bob runs one of the greatest political ads of all time:
VOICE OVER: “Mayor Quimby supports revolving door prisons. Mayor Quimby even released Sideshow Bob, a man twice convicted of attempted murder. [...]

Thankfully the “Veepstakes” will be over soon, as both candidates can be expected to make their Vice Presidential announcements in the next few days. (In fact, Obama is widely expected to make his announcement this afternoon.) But I thought I would take a minute to address some of the more absurd things I’ve [...]

Last weekend, for the first time since becoming their parties respective nominees, McCain and Obama were on the same stage answering the same questions. They weren’t there at the same time–which is why it was a “forum” and not a “debate”–but nonetheless the forum felt a lot like a presidential debate. In case [...]

It’s an awful word, but I couldn’t resist using it. In any case, if you have any interest at all in the upcoming presidential election, you should read this article on what Obama’s economic priorities are. Obama has been characterized as both a conservative and a socialist, and the article attempts to explain [...]

There’s been quite a lot of controversy lately over the age of the Chinese women’s gymnastics team. In particular, most of the controversy has revolved around He Kexin, who was reported last year by the Chinese state-run media as being only 13, and yet who now claims to be 16. She has a [...]