In the News Archive

Reading the newspapers.

• In the News

  - I live in a new urbanist neighborhood in the bay area, so I am biased on the subject, but it seems that my hometown (and the surrounding Buffalo region) is having a difficult time accepting the concept of walkable communities, which is a shame.
  - Hillary Clinton won California — somewhat handily — in the [...]

• In the News

  - Listening to Bush, McCain and the republican talk machine, the surge is “working,” however April has been “the deadliest month [for U.S. forces] since September.”
  - The president has received a stay-of-execution (of sorts) with the report that the economy grew at 0.6% in the first quarter, and did not contract.
  - And the inventor of [...]

• In the News

  - President Bush has reached another new low: 31 percent approval. “Bush’s approval rating five years ago, at the start of the Iraq war, was 71 percent, and that 40-point drop is almost identical to the drop President Lyndon Johnson faced during the Vietnam War.“
  - With Michigan and Florida not counting, it will be difficult [...]

• In the News

  - While one family was torn apart and a political future was torn down with the devastating Eliot Spitzer news, gutless white-collar criminals danced in the street, or more matter-of-factly, Wall Street day-traders applauded on the trading room floor.
  - Instead of skewering Bush and his administration, Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment tonight will focus on Senator [...]

• In the News… 2008.

  - Barack Obama will be endoresed by former GOP Senator Lincoln Chafee. Will Hillary Clinton find someone on the other side of the aisle? Maybe Joe Lieberman.
  - Clinton has substantial leads in Ohio and Pennsylvania. If Clinton sweeps the big states — California, New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas (not including Illinois) — [...]

• In the News… California.

  - This is what life, er, politics, is all about. A new poll in California shows “Hillary Clinton with a very narrow three-percentage point lead over Barack Obama.“
  - After watching last night’s GOP debate, you would think that the primary will be a referendum on Reagan’s legacy. By the way, why don’t the democrats have [...]

• In the News

  - I guess I can kiss my future television career goodbye because I find “Fuck Notre Dame, fuck Touchdown Jesus, and fuck Jesus,” hilarious. In fact, I’m going to use that one tomorrow at work.
  - Interesting (and ballsy) move by the vice-president. On the same day it is reported that the widespread belief that the [...]

• In the News

  - Chuck Norris doesn’t do push-ups. Chuck Norris pushes the earth down. But he may also be hurting Muke Huckabee’s campaign because “ Chuck Norris is great at attracting attention–but he’s lousy at actually convincing people to vote for Huckabee.“
  - Mitt Romney is giving up on South Carolina, and heading to Nevada. A sound political [...]

• In the News… Late Night Edition.

  Kids, do not do this at home; stay in school.
  - Obama may find enough support in New York to make the state competitive, possibly giving Hillary a run for her money in a state she hoped that she would not have to spend too much money. Hillary losing New York would almost be as embarrassing [...]

• In the News

  - The latest issue with same-sex marriage… same-sex divorce. One in every two.
  - The best new law of the new year: In California, it is now illegal to “smoke with a child under 18 in the car – whether the vehicle is in motion or not.” That is a good first step; now to increase [...]

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