The Democrats are trying to make this election a referendum on President Bush and Iraq.  The Republicans are trying to hold on to power by scaring people with visions of a Democratic Congress that will raise taxes.
Given the current choice, I’ll take higher taxes.
With a Republican Congress we’ve gotten out-of-control spending coupled with tax cuts, […]

Took the kids to Grandfather Mountain today. Had a great time. The mountaintop and the mile-high bridge were closed due to strong winds, but we got to see the animals and the museum.

So the Cardinals won the World Series. I’m glad for them and the fans of St. Louis. And my hoped-for-results throughout the playoffs came pretty close to reality.
But the Cardinals are probably the weakest World Series champions ever. They finished only two games over .500 at 83-79 and had only the fifth-best […]

Boyd posted about the midterms (’08 is the big one. Whatever happens next month, we’re gridlocked the next two years. This will do little to salve discontent setting the stage for someone to challenge the establishment. Would that Ross Perot hadn’t been such a whack job.), and I posted this comment:
The best thing for Democrats […]

Just printed my sample ballot [PDF] so I can start making my final decisions about who to vote for in a couple weeks.
The only national race I’m voting on is the 6th congressional district, a seat won in 2004 by longtime Congressman Republican Howard Coble with 73% of the vote. The Democrat challenger, if […]

I’m planning this project, a potato gun made with clear PVC pipe instead of regular white PVC. The problem is that regular PVC is available all over the place and is pretty cheap, but clear PVC is not available most places and is not at all cheap. I’ve found some places online, but […]

The Colbert Report last night featured Nobel Prize winner Peter Agre. Here’s part of the exchange:
Colbert: You’ve said that anyone who grew up on a farm knows that evolution exists. Are you saying that a monkey can milk a cow?
Agre: Well, if I can milk a cow I expect that a monkey as […]