Simple

Both the airways and my Google reader are rife with discussion on the 2004 Inspector General’s report on torture. Now, I love a good legal discussion. Nina Totenberg reciting the previous day’s Supreme Court discussion is the highlight of my drive time. But among all the discussion of should we investigate, if so, how far [...]

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We’ve just begun

Not everyone is waking up to their idea of a better America this morning. And I don’t mean McCain supporters. I mean gay people in California who have been stripped of their right to marry. Gay people in Arizona and Florida have been denied that right as well, and those in Arkansas have been banned [...]

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YES!

Four years ago I held my newborn son and cried. I apologized for bringing him into a world that would re-elect a criminal and a liar.
Tonight I am crying tears of happiness and hope.
YES WE DID.

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Fidgety

I’ve got the pre-election day fidgets. I don’t know if it’s living in Ohio or what, but I don’t want to dare get my hopes up that Obama will actually win tomorrow. (If I could whisper that win, I would – as it is, I’m knocking on wood.)
The stakes are high, so very high.
After I [...]

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Mortgage follies, con’t

Thanks so much for the thoughtful and encouraging comments on yesterday’s confessional post. I was surprised by how emotionally draining it was to write all that down and as soon as I published it I thought of some other points I wanted to make (and that were alluded to or mentioned in a couple of [...]

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Why we went with an ARM

(and they took a leg.) Oh dear, how punny.
Something I have been reading on both sides of the political spectrum in the past few weeks regarding the financial crisis is language that throws everyone who went with “risky” financing on their house and/or bought a house they couldn’t afford in the long-term together in the [...]

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Ringing endorsement

Obama’s endorsements have been piling up. My favorite so far is yesterday’s endoresment in the New York Times. Keep copies in your pocket in case you run into any of those mythical undecided voters or if you know someone who just might be swayed.

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Another response to McCain

Flotsam: More Wounded Than Eloquent

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“Go to hell”

I didn’t watch the debate last night. I was working, preparing for a meeting this morning. But the first thing I did after starting the coffee maker this morning was to power up the computer and hop online to check out both reaction to the debate and to read about the debate, backwards, on twitter. [...]

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If You Care About the Arts

Check out ArtsVote’s comparison of the Obama & McCain’s positions on the arts:
October 3, 2008—Just released from the Arts Action Fund: Summary of 2008 Presidential Candidates Arts Positions
To date, we have shared with you Senator Barack Obama’s comprehensive arts policy proposal that he began issuing in February 2008. Unfortunately, the McCain campaign has not been [...]

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