A life in words

  • What Happened to Open Debate? (More on Lieberman)

    This article at the New York Times reveals an interesting perspective on Senator Lieberman’€™s position on the Iraq war: [Senator Lieberman] said the two sides were making too much of his comments, and he argued that the overreactions reflected how politically polarized the debate over the war had become. “The positive and negative reactions may…

  • MOVING

    Ok, once again I’m moving the site. We’re going to http://blog.thetikihut.net because I wanted to have things a bit more customized and on a faster server. All activity will be taking place at the new location (unless I get fickle and switch back). Sorry for the inconvenience this may cause to the 1/10000th of a person…

  • Joe Lieberman: voice of reason?

    Now, Mr. Lieberman is talking straight and making sense. He just got back from a visit to Iraq and made some positive comments on the progress being made there. The difficulties, he says, boil down to a simple idea: It is a war between 27 million and 10,000; 27 million Iraqis who want to live…

There is nothing I dread so much, as a division of the Republic into two great Parties, each arranged under its leader and concerting measures in opposition to each other. This in my humble apprehension is to be dreaded as the greatest political evil under our Constitution.John Adams, Letter to Jonathan Jackson, 2 Oct 1780