Posted in Life in DC on July 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
AltHippo here. I’m delighted to be doing a regular gig here at The Crone Speaks about Life in DC.
So, who am I, and why should you be interested in Life in DC?
I have a fairly checkered past. Here are some of the highlights:
Went to high school with Tori Amos. (In those days [...]
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The AP has this wonderful headline on Fred Thompson “energizing” young republicans. Take a look at this, the headline sucks you in. What you find below the headline is, well, it shows how shallow and unintelligent these people are.
Not yet a 2008 candidate, Fred Thompson energized young Republicans with a speech Saturday that was heavy [...]
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Part of the upcoming (albeit, far off) presidential elections is watching the “other side” and how voters will make their choice of candidate. So, it’s not surprising that I find this NY Times article interesting, even though the target group is relatively small.
Interviews with more than 40 evangelicals recently across Iowa at campaign events, churches [...]
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Today the New York Times devotes its entire editorial column to a lengthy advocacy of complete and as immediate as possible withdrawal from Iraq:
It is time for the United States to leave Iraq, without any more delay than the Pentagon needs to organize an orderly exit.
At first, we believed that after destroying Iraq’s government, army, [...]
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