The Journeyman

Category: Politics

  • President-Elect Obama

    CNN, Fox and the AP are calling it. Looks like the next Senator Obama should now be called President-Elect Obama.

  • bush lets libby slide?

    I just read that President Bush is commuting the sentence of Scooter Libby because the jail time was “excessive”. Of course he would think it is excessive—screwing up and having to take the blame for it seems excessive to our President. I think mandatory minimums are excessive most of the time, but I doubt President…

  • the role of a moral leader

    I think there is something to be said of a moral leader standing up and acknowledging that morality flows through all different aspects of life, “sacred” or “secular”. The way many people in our society treat undocumented immigrants would lead outside observers to question their human dignity. The United States, for better or worse and…

  • gaping hole is best for security

    The bill authorizing the “celebrated” 700-mile fence along the 2,000-mile Mexico border has been signed into Federal law. I’m glad that we feel a fence is a best way to take care of this problem and I’m glad that we feel like blocking 35% of the border is the right way to build a fence.…

  • no, carole keeton strayhorn, just no

    There are antics in politics that stretch as far as Texas is wide, but that is to be expected so they roll off my back like water. Sometimes, there are some that I simply can’t ignore. YOUR NAME ISN’T GRANDMA, CAROLE KEETON STRAYHORN. For those unaware, Texas is coming up to a gubernatorial election that…