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Zach at Civics Geeks criticized Policraticus’ recent powerful post explaining why he feels he cannot vote for McCain or Obama, specifically for implying that he will abstain from voting in this election.

Today, Paul G. Kirk, Jr. and Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. announced the finalized formats of the 2008 presidential and vice presidential debates agreed to by the Obama and McCain campaigns.  In calling them “a breakthrough in the history of televised debates,” however, the co-chairmen of The Commission on Presidential Debates may have exaggerated a bit.

SARAH PALIN AND THE DANGEROUS SO-CALLED CHRISTIAN RIGHT So, Sarah Palin is in favor of abstinence-only education and opposed to sex education, in favor of teaching creationism, opposed to abortion, and opposed to same-sex marriage. She's the new darling of the self-styled conservative, Republican...

Not to tease you, my Yankee comrades, but seriously…. I’ll be the first to admit that Canadians have made a national sport out of self-righteousness regarding Americans. There’s one guy up here on CBC, Rick Mercer, who’s so self-righteous he’s almost a point-singularity.

Have you ever invited people round and then worried beforehand that no one would show up, and that even if they did they would probably hate the food, criticise the carpets, break all your glasses, and possibly even throw up on your sofa? That may be a little bit like what China felt before the Games began.

Nepal & Pakistan: Lessons For The USA August 21st, 2008 by SWARAAJ CHAUHAN, International Columnist Nepal and Pakistan provide good lessons in foreign policy to both Barack Obama and John McCain. The democratically-elected new Prime Minister of Nepal, Prachanda (photo above) who led a 10-year guerrilla war, now professes that his country’s era of “capitalist democracy” has begun.

      I keep seeing all sorts of negative writing about Barack Obama by pro-McCain writers. They write like a gang. The so-called left or progressives do the same on their side. Just call the other side the slang name of the moment and completely ignore the errors on your... ...

In 1988, he was TIME’s man of the year and in 1990—for his role in the dissolution of the Soviet Union– the Man of the Decade. In 1990, he won the Nobel Peace Prize. He’s weighing in on the current crisis. I was curious to see what he had to say. Before doing so, I thought it would be interesting to start with a ride on the Wayback Pony.

According to Fateh Abdusalam of Iraq’s Azzaman newspaper, that nation’s so-called democracy would be funny of it wasn’t so tragic. Abdusalam writes sarcastically: “For a long while as they ranted about democracy, Iraqi politicians were also laughing to themselves.

I’ve been wanting to do a post on the issue of abortion. I’ve just not found the right way to express myself on the matter.  A few days ago I read the views on this question of Democratic U.S. Representative David Obey of Wisconsin.