The Dower Power Hour

Okay, so this blog isn’t completely dead. I no longer hold any public office, so in theory I should be more willing to weigh in on societal issues. However, I also still hope to run for an elected office someday, and thus there’s always the concern about having my words come back to […]

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Rather than expressing my own opinions on this candidate, I just want to post a link to an article a good friend of mine wrote shortly after Palin’s nomination. I think it’s an extremely fair and thoughtful evaluation of her credentials.

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I would just like to say that I was actually awake when the text message got sent out at 3 AM announcing Obama’s VP choice. Thus, I was one of the first people in the country to know that Joe Biden will be Obama’s running mate.

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Well, I’m in another public office that should probably limit the extent to which I use this to express political views. This is a big reason I have stopped updating this regularly, unfortunately.
Which, of course, leads me to my favorite television show at the moment, Battlestar Galactica. The fourth season isn’t as good […]

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Well, here we are in 2008. Instead of doing a New Year’s Resolution for myself, this year I think I am going to make resolutions for the planet as a whole. Since I never keep my personal resolutions, despite my best intentions, I might as well throw my support to broader issues. […]

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Just when I thought I couldn’t take our President any less seriously, it turns out that Iran suspended its nuclear program in 2003. What’s worse, Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell had this information in August, months before Bush started escalating the rhetoric and tossing out such exciting statements as “World War III” to […]

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Or: Karl Rove advising Obama on how to beat Clinton. Not surprisingly, his analysis is dead-on.

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This post was inspired by this Newsweek article.
Why are we obsessed with the 1960’s? Well, there are plenty of easy answers: the social conflict, the violence, generational divide, the Vietnam War and the clash of values. And yes, we probably romanticize the period a little bit. Ultimately though, I think the real reason we […]

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This one is cute; it reminds me of the jibjab video of the Kerry Bush election.  Enjoy!

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