Tom Wright
- : Chicago
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- : musician and photographer (see www.digitalskyllc.com), Delmark recording artist, and member of Chicago Symphony Orchestra
President Obama
That phrase is startling, isn't it? Beats the sinking feeling induced by imagining "President McCain."It won't be the Democratic Party that continues the dynasty dynamic. The GOP will, with the son of career military offering to continue the imperial ambitions of the last...more »
Posted on June 4, 2008 9:48 AM
TPM Cafe Features Everyone Wants
Not only veterans, but many new readers have asked for increased functionality. I feel like a tiresome gadfly to always raise these issues, but others have brought these up in their comments or in their own blogs. Some popular suggestions:1) Full access...more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 7:18 PM
Parting Shot
By that I mean I expect I won't have any more complaints about the TPM software change. Not that I don't miss the old functionality, but that newcomers are feeling the need for exactly those things we used to have....more »
Posted on May 2, 2008 3:19 PM
Blogs Become TV
Let us remember how the press evolved. First were printed broadsheets, pamphlets, letters, screeds, books, etc. All were funded by charging for purchase. That is, one bought the paper or pamphlet, and read it.Certainly the popular papers were discovered as...more »
Posted on April 30, 2008 9:02 PM
Climate Trumps All
I first posted this in March, 2006. It feels equally apposite now. Nothing is close to climate and energy use as the issue that needs addressing now, so that we stand a chance of being able to deal with things...more »
Posted on April 28, 2008 8:26 PM
Who Loves You?
Since we are aiding the cash flow here by seeing way more ad content, perhaps we could expect to see a few more widgets that help us create better posts and comments?Such as:Preview/Edit.Consistent HTML scheme.Either post tracking or topic subdivisions.Aiding...more »
Posted on April 28, 2008 1:11 AM
Civil War Without End
Dana Milbank in the Washington Post used it first, perhaps, but I felt the Groundhog Day vibes this morning. It looks like the Democratic Party will bleed itself to death before November. Obama came from behind, caught up, and stalled there....more »
Posted on April 23, 2008 9:04 AM
HuffPo Credits Josh
Top of the page quote and link, mixed in with five other links, all local to Huffington Post's pages. So along with Greg Mitchell, Jason Linkins, and other HuffPo writers, they give a byline story to Josh. Nice hit.Ironically, the...more »
Posted on April 17, 2008 11:04 AM
Smooth Start for Software Fix
Pleasing to find myself still logged in and able to comment. Expected (eventual) recovery of archives is a plus, but I'd trade them for tracking. Until then, (if my latest posts will return to that list), I use that as a...more »
Posted on April 14, 2008 9:23 AM
Impeachment Still Off Table?
Given the latest revelations of the obvious culpability of the administration in war crimes, we will have trouble bringing cases in the future if we let this one go. But I expect it will slowly evaporate, as the campaign heats...more »
Posted on April 11, 2008 6:02 PM
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Good explication of the subtleties of proper pandering as opposed to more open views.
Much like parenting, there is not that much an American president can guarantee, but there is much he can screw up. I have confidence that Obama will practice the wise caution, the careful choosing of battlegrounds on which to make a stand, and the suppleness of response to changing conditions that characterize good parenting.
Posted at June 6, 2008 11:33 AM in response to Obama on Jerusalem: Why the Fuss?
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I guy can be practical sometimes, huh?
Among other things, Obama persuaded the police that videotaping confessions would help them as much as the accused, and the agreed. He did plenty in the state legislature, that's why Clinton didn't bring it up.
Posted at June 6, 2008 10:04 AM in response to Hillary's female supporters and feminism
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So many things we will never know, like who was cscs?
Posted at June 5, 2008 8:32 PM in response to All Hail idiotic!
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Rachael Maddow finds it OK, since it means Obama won't wait to be attacked by McCain on muscular foreign policy.
Posted at June 5, 2008 4:49 PM in response to "Yesterday was the day the 'change' bubble burst."
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The Clintons can afford it.
I spent all my personal capital defending them in the 90s.
Posted at June 5, 2008 11:08 AM in response to A Step Toward Party Unity?
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Way to make allies. I address the question, you insult the commenter.
Sore loser.
Posted at June 5, 2008 11:03 AM in response to Meet the Nominee
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Yes, but forgive me for privately grousing that it feels wrong to be held hostage to resentful Clinton voters. Their main complaint is they lost, somehow. I find it more appealing to simply not discuss Clinton at all.
Posted at June 5, 2008 10:58 AM in response to Where does "healing" begin?
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Harpo?
Posted at June 5, 2008 10:53 AM in response to Avatar Time
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Still trying to persuade us you live in the US, huh?
Posted at June 5, 2008 9:31 AM in response to How NM Shapes Up for the GE
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My sister saw the 2004 convention speech and pronounced Obama a future president. Funny thing is she thought she might have overstated, later.
But then this year she went into the primary voting booth actually planning to vote for Clinton, only to see a despised Democratic school board hack as a listed Clinton delegate. She switched her vote to Obama.
I get to brag I played a gig with Obama, when we performed Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" in Millenium Park, Chicago, and he narrated (superbly). A rare talent and a great human.
Posted at June 5, 2008 9:29 AM in response to I Never Thought I'd See The Day
