Front Journal News About

Archive for November, 2008

Predictions are hard…

especially when they are about the future. But I’ll try this one anyway. My best guess for the upcoming elections are as follows (with actual results from 6 Nov., as far as they were known then…)                                                                                                                        ...Continue Reading »

Politics and Society JJG 03 Nov 2008 20:24 No Comments

Why is this election even close?

That’s what I am asking myself. What does it take for (non) Joe the (non) plumber to realize that the country has been driven into a ditch during the last 8 years? Are Americans simply not sufficiently intelligent to competently govern themselves, as suggested in this piece written by President Nixon’s former counsel? I have a smug, semi-serious answer to this question: The average American citizen spends more...Continue Reading »

Politics and Society JJG 03 Nov 2008 09:07 1 Comment