Well, these words pretty much sum up George Bush and his campaign for re-election: Unbowed and defiant in an appearance on the South Lawn of the White House . . . . David Sanger and Jodi Wilgoren, “Arms Report Spurs Bitter Bush-Kerry Exchange,” ¶ 4 (October 8, 2004) The New York Times (online). If freedom […]

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Well, I was up until after 3 a.m. and just now crawled out of bed (I think it’s about 10:30 a.m., but I might be dreaming). I’ve got two appeals now — and one of them is on a tight deadline — so there won’t be an original blog entry today. Mark King forwarded today’s […]

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He has mine. Always did. Just saw him — again — the other day in some crazy “back-to-school” movie I’ve seen half-a-dozen times and still have never seen it beginning-to-end, nor do I know the name of it! Hmmm…I’m sorry, Rod. I shoulda giv’n ya a little more respect! You will be sorely missed.

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Sorry I’ve written nothing new the last couple days — and kudos to Bob for his article — but I had some legal work that was hitting it’s deadline and had to get it done. Since I’m doing a “personal note” right now, I want to welcome Mark Madigan. Assuming he actually drops by as […]

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[Editor’s Note: If you think you already read this, you might not have. A few hours after the original article went up, the author re-worked it. This version is new and was posted about 10:30 p.m. today.] There is more than a little speculation going around that Osama bin Laden will be “captured” right before […]

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I’m not really sure this couple should be joking about other people’s appearances. Particularly when Presidential campaigns aren’t really about how fat and old you are, as opposed to something more substantial.

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Interesting point: Can you imagine the furor from the Limbaugh/FOX [“]News[“] corner if a President Gore hadn’t captured the 9-11 malefactor by now (and had diverted resources to go after someone else instead? And how about if — remember this one? — anthrax packets had been sent to congressional Republican leaders and Gore’s Justice Department […]

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A domain we reference (blogchalking.com) appears to be (temporarily we hope) off the radar. The result appears to be that the “blogchalk” information on our blog is printing oddly. If this persists beyond today, we’ll remove all references to blogchalking.com. Until then, please bear with us; posts are still readable, as you can see. It […]

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“Fools” said I, “you do not know silence like a cancer grows. Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you.” But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed in the wells of silence. Words and music by Paul Simon; Fair Use by a Big Fan Writing […]

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Two interesting things about this hilarious article. It succinctly says what’s wrong with the “staying the course” idea that Republicans are pushing. It impliedly demonstrates the folly of trying to silence those of us who explain that what’s being done isn’t “the proper way” to deal with the kinds of problems, even if the correct […]

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