J Walking

I was talking to a friend this morning about Barry Bonds and cheating and honor. He said that he had befriended John Wooden, the famed “Wizard of Westwood” – winner of 10 NCAA championships in 12 years, winner of 88 games in a row. He pulled out a card Wooden had given him with his…

I decided to tour various candidate websites last night to see what I could see. I even signed up to get a few email updates. When I did that on Mike Huckabee’s site, I was excited to find an option to select issues that interested me, especially since Mike has been vocal about caring for…

Ok, I may not have posted on this 12,940 times but I think I’m close. Anyway, an interesting piece in the Los Angeles Times: A fundamental shift is transforming the religious right, long a force in presidential politics, as aging evangelical leaders split on the 2008 race and a new generation of pastors turns away…

Barry Bonds has been indicted “on five felony charges — four for perjury and one for obstruction of justice — for testifying before a federal grand jury in 2003 that he never used anabolic steroids or human growth hormone.” It is simultaneously big and anti-climactic. That baseball’s all-time home run leader will stand trial for…

I’ve been out in LA the past few days and people are scared. This afternoon I was walking around a small town north of LA with some friends in the film business. We were talking and strolling and occasionally shopping. In each store we entered the merchants talked only of the strike and how they…

Four political ads I like just for what they are (in no particular order):I like it not because I support Edwards’ health care plan but because I like the threat. I love the idea that the cozy, comfy leaders of Washington would have something at stake in the health care fight. I love the idea…

I think McCain’s answer to the bitch question was horrible. The guys over at the popular and influential PowerLine blog have a different take: After being given up for dead just a few months ago, John McCain is surging in the polls and turning up in the news. Liberals are trying to make something of…

First the video:Now the truth – this is not how a real leader would respond to such a question. He needn’t have upbraided the woman for asking the question, but he certainly should have made it clear that such language is entirely unacceptable. Sure, lots of people talk that way about her. But this isn’t,…

There is a little baby who needs our prayers… She was born a week ago and immediately whisked off to ICU at another hospital because she didn’t have enough oxygen in her blood. She’s been on an aspirator and more drugs than I can name. There is plenty of good news – she is now…

Here you go… Thanks Pia!

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