Old times are not forgotten

It seems now that the Solid South has been split.
When it was all said and done, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida went for Barack Obama. Just barely, though.
The rest of the South voted for John McCain — as expected.
Now political observers are saying the South is losing its hold on national politics and that the [...]

Baby, if I could change the world …

It occurred to me, walking out in the cool damp night to my car, that we have elected a black man as President of the United States.
How far have we come. People in other countries could never fathom how big this is for America.
But this election is beyond race. This election, this moment in history, [...]

PRESIDENT OBAMA

GO VOTE

You’ve seen the polls, heard the arguments, seen the ads and stomached the negativity.
Now it’s time.
Go vote.
We’ll be Twittering all afternoon and night from North Carolina, the newest swing state on the block. Check us out.

I want my mooseburger medium rare …

I have to say: Sarah Palin is the hottest governor in these here 50 states. And I’ll be honest, I was interested when John McCain picked her to be his running mate. I thought to myself: Hey, yeah, OK. Maybe this’ll work.
Then I listened to her.
Now, I don’t think it’ll work so much.
It’s not that [...]