Dad replies with a note on voter initiatives in Montana: We had several initiatives on our ballot, also. There were several more but the Montana Supreme Court threw out the ones that had been foisted on us by some whacko neo-cons, because of widespread fraud in the signature-gathering process. One of the initiatives that happily […]
Victoria and I had taken yesterday off to volunteer for the local Dems to get out the vote. Sadly, the local Dems were too poorly organized to take us up on our offer, so our big effort consisted of getting out our own votes. Candy walked us (about a mile downhill) to the polling place […]
Alison Bechdel brilliantly defines habeas corpus in terms a grade-schooler could understand. If only Dubya were as smart as grade-schoolers. DTWOF #458: Below the Law And speaking of Alison Bechdel, her new graphic memoir is one of the most brilliant pieces of new literature I have ever read. Run, don’t walk, to your nearest bookstore […]
First and most important, let us consider who has made it a topic: the people opposed to it. The people putting it on ballots, platforms, and advertising are people hoping to use it as a wedge issue to divide progressives. The rest of us have generally preferred to focus on things of much greater importance, […]
My blog posts on the heat are topped by a Jon Carroll column. I don’t mind when he does it better; I’m just glad I get to read him. He’s right on, once again. Another “he” who done good: my boss wrote a song that’s worth checking out. You may recall from earlier posts that […]
Here’s my dad’s latest column for a Butte, MT rag, the Roun’Town Review, to be published in April. Reprinted without consultation or permission. You tell ’em, Pop! (Pop pictured here with Candy, back when she lived with Mom and Dad.) 20,000 Casualties later Paul F. Vang This last month we observed the third anniversary of […]