WANA: We may not have it all together, but together we have it all. J. Holmes, in Author Piper Bayard’s fine blog, keeps us all up to date on current events and international affairs, but that doesn’t inform us about the politics that go on behind those events. I thought I’d correct that by sharing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Politics’
Political Parties
Posted in People, Places & Things Remembered, tagged Blog, Congress, David N. Walker, David N. Walker blog, Democrat, Democrats, GOP, independent, Politics, redistricting, Republican, Republicans, third-party, vote, voting, Writer on June 1, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Are you a Republican or a Democrat? Well, actually, David, I’m not either one. I’m an independent. Oh, really? How’s that working out for you? When’s the last time an independent won a major political office? Okay, you’re right. Joe Lieberman won a Senate seat as an independent in 2006, but he was really a [...]
AP Writer Twists Netanyahu’s Words
Posted in People, Places & Things Remembered, tagged al Qaeda, AP, Associated Press, Benjamin Netanyahu, Blog, Congress, Congressmen, Congresswomen, David N. Walker, David N. Walker blog, Democrat, Democrats, FOX, FOX News, Hamas, independent, Israel, Israeli, Josef Federman, League of Women Voters, mayor, Netanyahu, Palestinian, Politics, President, redistricting, Republican, Republicans, third-party, vote, voting, West Bank, Writer on May 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Josef Federman wrote a highly biased report for the Associated Press which appeared in this morning’s edition (Wednesday, May 25) of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It presumably appeared in other papers across the country. His headline read, “A fuller look at the claims in Israeli prime minister’s speech to Congress.” What an inflammatory headline, implying [...]
Redistricting
Posted in People, Places & Things Remembered, tagged Blog, Congressional apportionment, Congressional delegation, David N. Walker, David N. Walker blog, Democrat, Democrats, gerrymander, gerrymandering, legislature, legislatures, Politics, redistricting, Republican, Republicans, voting, Writer on May 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A little long today, but it’s an important subject. ‘Tis the season to redistrict—and to whine about redistricting. As every third-grader probably knows, we have a new census every ten years. Once the census is completed and we know the populations of the various states, counties, cities and towns, we go about the business of [...]
