Category Archives: Culture and Politics

The Jackie Robinson Factor

The current US presidential campaign is arguably the most historic in modern history. It has all the elements that makes political debate in this country our true national pastime. We’ve had youth vs. age, conservative vs. liberal and men vs. a woman. For the political punditocracy their cup runneth over.
I confess, I’ve watched enough talking [...]

Polling all landlines…

Today’s Reuters/Zogby poll, based on a sample of 1,089 “likely voters” drawn from listed telephone numbers, conducted Aug. 14-16, 2008, shows McCain over Obama by 46% to 41%. It is creating quite a stir nationally. Sorry to hear they disturbed a thousand napping seniors,  agoraphobic technophobes and residential burglars. Doesn’t it occur to these folks [...]