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Sean Braisted is none to pleased by the news that Barack Obama will look to expand on President Bush’s faith-based initiatives — but he’ll probably get over it:

Sean Braisted is none to pleased by the news that Barack Obama will look to expand on President Bush’s faith-based initiatives — but he’ll probably get over it:

SCOTUS did the Bush Administration another solid by cutting the punitive damages a jury awared to victims of the Exxon Valdez disaster.

Al Gore may have given Obama the kiss of death with his endorsement on behalf of the man of change. Remember, Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for the Democrat nomination in 2004, then, after Dean lost, he endorsed John Kerry for President. And Kerry lost, too.

I am starting a fresh sheet here. I am looking at moving toward a new attitude about things. Working with people and trying to see their point of view.

The best decisions made have rarely been an absolute totalitarian decision. The compromise filled our legislation in the beginning of our nation and without those compromises, we would not be where we are today.

I braved the gauntlet of country and western fans to travel downtown last night in order to attend the Contributor's first (and hopefully annual) Art-Luck, held at the historic Downtown Presbyterian Church.

Interesting development over at Ben Smith's house. Apparently, the CEO of FedEx Fred Smith, whom McCain listed as a potential Secretary of Defense, thinks George Marshall might've been right to oppose the recognition of Israel; and that John McCain most reminds Smith of Marshall.

Hybrid autos are good for the environment and the driver's wallet, but increasingly the media is portraying them as dangerous to children, joggers, cyclists, the blind and the elderly. Funny, I seem to recall that a few years ago "noise pollution" was considered a major societal ill.