Before sending off my absentee ballot in March, I took photos of each side of the filled-in ballot so that I could remember who I voted for and compare my votes with the final results.

My absentee ballot for the May 6, 2008, North Carolina Democratic Primary arrived finally. Like a good voter, I spent a couple hours putting each candidate’s name into Google and learning about their opinions on various issues. Some of them, like the humorously named Duskin Lassiter, lost my vote for simple reasons of [...]

Here’s a novel idea! What if, bear with me on this, voters actually chose their candidates based on the candidates’ stances on important issues! I know that sounds like complete insanity. It definitely has nothing to do with the high school popularity contest with which we choose our leaders.
But just in case [...]

I would like to call your attention to the stars at the top of each of my blog posts. These stars allow you to rank how well you like each post, thus giving me feedback when you think I’m being a genius or a jerk. Not that this blog is remotely democratic in [...]

Learn from our mistakes? What mistakes?

I watched the first debate in South Carolina over the internet this morning. I thought I’d post a few thoughts here.

I just wanted to turn you on to my new favorite video blog: Alive in Baghdad.

I just watched An Inconvenient Truth. I had been avoiding it because I knew how it would depress me. But after it won two Oscars, I figured the time had come.

Check this out…

I found the following two articles interesting.