Birmingham Blues

Only one week to go till the midterm elections.  It’s hard to make predictions, but I think the Democrats will win back the House.  The Senate is a toss-up.  I’d love to see both, but I’ll take one, just to see some oversight of the Bush administration.
I’m not saying that every Democratic incumbent or challenger [...]

Have I mentioned how much I love Leonard Pitts?
”Orwellian” is a word you toss out to prove you stayed awake in freshman English. Often, it is used to evoke a world in which all people are always under surveillance, as was the case in the totalitarian state George Orwell depicted in 1984, his 1949 masterpiece. [...]

…to Miss Wild Thing!
 
 
 

It’s a day for evil vampires and scary witches, but I prefer the cute ones.  Wishing you lots of candy.
 

I missed the debates last night (forgot to set the VCR :)), but I did check in with the live-bloggers.  Jeff blogged all three debates and declared Riley, Strange, and King the winners of each.  Wade blogged the gubernatorial debate, and he also leaned toward Riley.
The Montgomery Advertiser says the gubernatorial debate was “heated” and “fractious”.  Both [...]

We have some fine political writers in Alabama, and Kyle Whitmire is one of the best.  The Birmingham Weekly is consistently good, but some weeks just shine.  Kyle’s essay on the disasters of the past six years should be required reading for anyone who’s still undecided about how to vote next Tuesday.  I’ll excerpt here, [...]

I’ll be transporting children during the first part of tonight’s debates, so I’ll have to watch them on tape (yeah, yeah, one of these days we’ll upgrade to a DVR or TIVO :)).  Jeff at Politics In Alabama will be live blogging from the Shelby County Republican Party office, so if you can’t watch, or [...]

It’s a strong recommendation:
Alabama has enough of its own problems in matters of criminal justice. The state’s attorney general and staff ought to fill their days with the various challenges of Alabama’s legal system.
Sadly, though, recent Alabama attorneys general have treated the office as if it were a right-wing think tank, sticking their noses into [...]

The only Alabama gubernatorial debate for 2006 will be held tonight at 7 in Montgomery.  After Bob Riley and Lucy Baxley finish sparring (*yawn*), the candidates for Lieutenant Governor and the candidates for Attorney General will debate.  I guess we could see fireworks – I have great hopes for the Tyson-King debate – but I predict the [...]

We’re back in Birmingham after a nice visit with my parents.  Daddy started using a pain patch at the same time he started this latest round of radiation, and his pain is almost completely gone.  Unfortunately, he’s weak and nauseated, likely from the combination that’s providing the pain relief.  He says he isn’t sure which [...]