Oregon Track Fans Prove Why They're The Best

I've always read how Oregonians are the most knowledgeable track-and-field fans in the U.S. -- arguably the only "en masse" knowledgeable track-and-field fans in the U.S. That's pretty much why the current Olympic track-and-field trials are being held in Eugene,...

I've never been one to demand purity from political candidates I support. While I would like to agree with them on all issues (or to put it more accurately -- would like them to agree with me on all issues...), I gave up expecting that in the eighth grade when...

It's not common in politics when your opponent graciously goes out of his or her way to campaign for you and make your case, but when that happens, all you can say is "Thank you!"

That is why all Barack Obama supporters should warmly say, "Thank you, McCain '08! Thank...

Okay, obviously attacking Michelle Obama is reprehensible. In every conceivable way. Offensive, pathetic, lying, shameless, despicable -- throw in whatever other adjectives you can think of. Really gutter and horrible.

But I mean that in a good way.

Because when you are running for President of the United States --...

Lou Dobbs is a bright man. Thoughtful, concerned and caring, as well. The shame is that too often he tends to get distracted from using those qualities together when a microphone is placed before him.

We need people getting on soapboxes. It's just that when you put yourself forth...

The other day, my friend Myles Berkowitz was talking about the Fox News attempt to ambush Bill Moyers. Actually, that's not accurate. Myles never talks, he rants. And this time, like always, he was ranting from a fascinating angle no one else was.

"What kind of idiot," he ranted,...

The pleasure of using portable electronic devices wherever you wander lends itself to one of the downsides -- the drain of battery power. Now that many players also run video, the drain is even higher. For most of the time, it's not an issue, as you can easily recharge at...

Government investigations have uncovered two critical lapses in nuclear safekeeping under the watch of former-President Bill Clinton.

In one, the Air Force sent four nose cones for nuclear warheads to Taiwan, instead of helicopter batteries. The error took 18 months to be revealed.

It was also discovered that during...

Most Americans don't even start thinking about the election until after Labor Day. So, this is not a prediction. It's not even prediction adjacent. At best, it's a very reticent observation of the early landscape. And those can change.

But -- right now -- I get the sense that Barack...

[UPDATE: The following is an expanded version of the article posted on June 5, 2005. It was updated with new information on June 6.]


And so it was written, let any uncertainty about the Writers Strike be put to rest.

Should writers have struck,...

For years, Team Attack operating from the White House bunker has been well-oiled and impressive, in a creepy sort of way. "Disgruntled Former Employee" has always been a big fave. "Out of the Loop"™ and "Just trying to sell a book" are golden oldie classics.

There's one problem this time,...

It's rare, indeed close to impossible, when one can make a subjective opinion and have it be objective and demonstrably provable. I believe this is one of those times.

The musical in question won the Pulitzer Prize. Emphatically a notable standard. But further, at the time it won -- 1959...

I've been meaning to write about John Hagee and John McCain. I didn't for three reasons -- Mainly, I don't care much what someone's supporter personally believes. Also, there's the difficulty in figuring out what to say about the rantings of an intolerant figure. The third was because I knew...

Apple releases new iPods almost faster than rabbits turn out offspring. This is both good and bad. New and improved tech is always good, but it risks leaving what customers bought a year ago in the dust. One thing that stays the same, though, is the venerable iTunes. And so...

The other day, a panicked friend sent me an article from the Washington Post about a problem in the Barack Obama campaign how it's facing far more racism behind the scenes than at their big public rallies of support.

I understood his panic. I was shocked, as well. Shocked, I...

In a stunning development, country music radio stations have started to refuse to air anything said by President George W. Bush, following his unprecedented attack on an American citizen and presidential candidate while overseas.

It called to mind when country music stations similarly stopped playing the Dixie Chicks music after...

One of the nice things about the Writers Guild strike (...okay, the only thing nice) is that it allowed members to meet their fellow-writers in daily protest.

One such person I crossed paths with (though via email) was Rob Kutner, an Emmy-winning writer for The Daily Show with Jon...

Much attention was made of Hillary Clinton's interview last week with USA Today, when she noted that support for Barack Obama "among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."

Many found her comments about race...

For the past week, I'm been trying to come up with a topper, but I haven't been able to. The competition for "Most Stupid" is fierce, but after Tuesday #1 remains untouched.

No, George Bush doesn't make that lofty height. Sure, appearing on TV game shows, dancing and doing comedy...

"I didn't come here to ask you to vote for my wife, I came here to ask you to pray for her."
-- Bill Clinton

Dear Lord,

Please be with Hillary Clinton, and give her comfort.

In this time of trial for her, when her hopes...