Presidents

Note to Readers: Check out the “Countdown to College” page on this site if you or someone you care about is considering college in the fall. Which man am I describing? He was a hero in a controversial war. Originally perceived as conservative, he became more and more open to progressive ideas. Conservatives became wary. […]

The Democrats have a problem: despite the impressive sounding rhetoric of having an embarrassment of riches—three (now two) strong candidates they could easily unite behind—they are in a jam. They have two candidates, and they cannot agree on who’s numero uno. It is looking like the very scenario they wanted to avoid, a divisive nominating

These are hard times for the people of Massachusetts. It must be tough to sell out your integrity to root for a Super Bowl team that got caught cheating earlier in the season, but it has got to be worse to watch the supposed Greatest Team that Ever Played lose to a wild card team

So John Edwards and Rudy Giuliani are now officially out of the race. Let’s see what the United States has lost. There was really very little that separated the three major Democratic candidates when it came to the issues themselves. They all hate the Iraq War, the only questions are who hates it the most

One of my favorite stories regarding the movie Oh Brother, Where art Thou? involves the reviews I read about it. One columnist called it a brilliant retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. Another reviewer was much less impressed, arguing that every movie is basically a retelling of the Odyssey. The second reviewer had a good point. Think