I made a bold statement to some conservative friends over drinks. I said: “Conservatism is like religion and requires blind acceptance of its dogma without being self-critical.” First blood had already been drawn as I was being (with reasonably good nature) teased as a liberal. Actually, there is a name for my observation, it’s called…
Month: February 2015
Backstage at SNL’s 40th
Last weekend I went to the “Saturday Night Live” 40th reunion. I had two Willy Wonka Golden Tickets to the biggest event on earth (that weekend, at least) and I took my 15 year old son, Chris. To summarize what I will soon detail, it was the time of our lives. This wasn’t my first SNL reunion. I…
“I give you the next President of the United States…”
I introduced then-Senator Joe Biden at a rally in Waterloo, Iowa, in 2007 when he was running for President. Recently I found my introduction and I thought it would be interesting to post it here. Today, as I talk around the state to Democrats about the last midterm elections, I find myself saying many of the…
Trade Agreements, American Workers, and Pete Carroll
Okay. I’ll set this up as briefly as I can because I already know where you stand. You think that Pete Carroll made a bonehead decision because he didn’t run Marshawn Lynch at the 1 yard line. I agreed with you when it happened and I immediately posted on Facebook: “What???? A pass????” We all…