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we live in amazing times

All the talk about the inauguration tomorrow got my political science nerd juices flowing. I decided to look and see what other countries in addition  to the United States have Presidential inauguration ceremonies. Want to guess how many? Out of 193 recognized sovereign states in the world, 13 of them have inaugurations. 13! And of [...]

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history in the making

I’ve made it pretty clear in the past who I am supporting in the current election and who I will be voting for but I haven’t written anything on the election for a while.  With Obama officially winning the nomination on the Democratic side and McCain naming Sarah Palin his running mate I figured it [...]

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finally

Though I’ve never seen a corpse try so hard to resuscitate itself.

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Why I’m Not Worried

When I was going into Quiznos today for lunch the lady who went in right before me held the door open after she stepped inside.  This seemingly inconsequential nicety represents a much more profound truth that is the reason I’m not worried about the future of the country.  There is a lot of fear right [...]

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So long Fred. . .

You may notice I have deleted the Fred Thompson link I used to have on the side of this page. I did that because, well, Fred seems to have completely disappeared off the face of the planet (seriously, can anyone at least confirm that he isn’t dead or passed out in an Iowa cornfield?). [...]

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