So apparently, Kansas State Republican legislators have decided that instead of making sure our state makes payroll this week, they are going to grandstand and try to force the governor into passing a hastily thrown together budget without review. Meaning that me and the other 40,000 state employees might not get our paychecks this week. [...]
I had first heard Barack Obama’s name not during the Democratic National Convention of 2004, when he gave the keynote speech that made him famous, because back then I was very cynical about politicians and thought I disliked the Democrats marginally less than I did Republicans. The Democrats could literally have run a slice of [...]
This weekend, instead of leaving my frigid, unheated house to go party somewhere warm, E and I decided to stay in and watch Errol Morris’ documentary, Standard Operating Procedure. Cheery, right? Now when the photos of abuse at Abu Ghraib surfaced, I tried to avoid looking at them as much as possible, because I am [...]
is go to the polls! Vote tomorrow, for cripes sake! You can look up your polling location, if registered, at Google Maps: just click on “customized voting info” and enter your address. Be prepared for lines, especially if you live in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Florida, Missouri, or any other of the tossup states this election. [...]
