There are people who tell me that they haven’t seen Obama speak. They are missing something special.

When I was a young’un, I used to go swimming at Crystal Palace. It was a 90 minute bus ride but it was worth it because that was the only place that had Olympic-size diving boards. I remember so clearly … Continue reading →

Dylan was telling me last night how he is looking forward to doing chemistry. I was the same at his age, but I soon learned that physics was much cooler. These days, it’s biology that excites me. I only wish … Continue reading →

I hold Gail Collins personally responsible for the downward spiral on the NY Times editorial page over the last several years, but occasionally she says something important. Like today Meanwhile, the Republican far right has fallen into a remarkable snit … Continue reading →

I finally succumbed and got Guitar Hero yesterday.  I was worried that it would cut into Dylan’s (already tiny) desire to practice his real guitar. But when his friend came over, and they only had one Guitar Hero Les Paul … Continue reading →

More from that same article in The Guardian, Remember that in 2004 every American city with a population over 500,000 voted Democrat, and the Republicans won by taking the countryside and the outer suburbs. The blue state/red state division is … Continue reading →

This article in The Guardian imagines the Republican primaries as a cocktail party… Planetary distances of policy and world-view divide these men, and the Republican debates have the air of cocktail parties whose guests have been selected by random telephone … Continue reading →