Mitt Romney: Common Man
Well. After a wild ride through the first chunk of the GOP Primary, Mitt Romney is back on top.
But he still can’t make himself not seem like an aristocratic nitwit. Case in point, his recent comment that he is “not concerned with the very poor.” Really? Mittens is smart, yet still manages to…
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How Far Have Women Come–Really?
After recently spending a lot of time in a co-ed intellectual environment that can be fairly described as being almost incorrigibly male-oriented, I got to thinking: how far have women in the U.S. come–really? We all tend to accept that gender inequality is much less of a problem today than it…
Why I Love Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage. The man is ubiquitous. Using his upcoming film The Sorceror’s Apprentice as a starting point and working backwards through movies already released, Cage has appeared in some 25-odd films over the last decade. This isn’t the most of any major actor–Samuel L. Jackson is at about 60…
The Fascinating Race for the Governor of Alabama
On November 2, 2010 the great state of Alabama will elect a new governor. I say “new governor” definitively, because current Republican governor Bob Riley can’t run for re-election due to term limits. And while Alabama may seem a slightly random state to write about, what’s brewing down South…
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And lo, a blog was born!
Hi!
First thing’s first: I used to blog only about health care; but then health reform passed. Nowadays the major issues surrounding health care are mostly about implementation, and the excruciating details of reform laws–save for the so-conventional-that-it’s-uninteresting-to-debate question…
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