Day: September 17, 2008

  • Happy 221st Birthday

    221 years ago today the Constitution was signed. In honor of that, today is known as Constitution Day (and also known as Citizenship Day). Unfortunately, the Constitution is treated by many as an aging parent that may deserve our respect and admiration for a lifetime of accomplishment, but only receives our occasional grudging visit and…

  • Three out of Four (ain’t bad)

    What’s the point of having your own blog if you can’t toot your own horn occasionally? So this may be two weeks old, but I’m bored so I’ll share. At BlueOregon there have been a few "Punditology challenges" where they invite their readers to predict what will happen in the political world (for example, what…