Props to Pink: Long Live Dear Mr. President

For a so-called liberal media, the recent banning of Pink’s Video, Dear Mr. President from both TV and Radio was the latest in a long series of smear campaigns against those who would disagree with the President.
Props to Jimmy Kimmel and his people, who not only had her as a guest on the [...]

What Dave is up to

My ex-brother-in-law Dave and I reconnected lately. He’s the smartest guy I know, the best writer, and one of the best fathers. Dave was always my portal to good things to read from the left. We went separate ways for quite a few years, hence his ex status.
He and his [...]

Who’s Kidding Who?

As I typically do in the mornings when I can’t sleep during vacation, I lay in bed and bizarre committee meetings begin to erupt in my head. Things to do, things not to do, going back to sleep, beautiful wife next to me, song lyrics, plans to take over the world, etc.
I was thinking [...]

Al Gore: The Planet has a Fever

Last week when Al Gore testified again to Congress about the impact of global warming, he used this explanation to somehow get through the apparently thick skull of Senator Joe Barton (D-TX) a skeptic about global warming.
When CO2 goes up, temperature goes up, that is why 20 of the 21 hottest years ever [...]

What’s Wrong with this Picture?

What could possibly be wrong with this pastoral winter scene of my yard, my neighbor’s garage and the beautiful creek that runs behind our back yards? I’ll tell you what’s wrong.. IT’S APRIL 8th dammit.
The mighty grill on the porch is supposed to be glistening, ready to grill as we lounge [...]

When Politics are a Relationship Dealbreaker: DemocraticSingles.net

I don’t know how James Carville and Mary Matalin do it. There’s no way I could be in a serious relationship with a Republican. Even if she was hot. A couple well-meaning friends once set me up with a Republican. We had fun until we started talking politics. She wasn’t very [...]

Comments on GranolaBox: A Thank You to my Readers

My Dear Readers,
As you may or may not know, one of my fondest wishes is to build a community of readers who engage in timely, lively and hopefully not too vitriolic debate over the issues I present in this, my humble blog.
I read somewhere that when you start a blog, it takes [...]

Donna The Buffalo: Water Street Music Hall, Rochester NY 4-6-07

A very diverse group of people suggested I check out Donna the Buffalo the next time they came to town. Two of my sixteen year old students, one a hippie chick and the other a metalhead; my retired colleague, now in his mid fifties, and a couple who must have been in their mid [...]

Meet the Candidates: MoveOn’s Virtual Town Hall Meeting

Next Tuesday—April 10th—at 7:15pm Eastern, MoveOn is using the Internet to connect presidential candidates directly to the people.
Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Bill Richardson, Dennis Kucinich, and Joe Biden will answer questions from MoveOn.org’s 3.2 million members in the first of three unprecedented virtual town hall meetings. The topic: Iraq.
MoveOn members will [...]

Is an Egg is an Egg is an Egg?

The old me: How can there possibly be a difference between eggs other than some are bigger than others, and some are brown. Obviously the brown ones are healthier, simply because they’re brown. Growing up, we actually had an egg-man. Mr. James used to come every Friday night with a couple [...]