Afghanistan: No Good Options

The Obama administration is weighing the options for Afghanistan. General McChrystal has recommended 40,000 new troops and the neocons, including Dick Cheney have been trying to pressure Obama to follow…

Wednesday Open Thread

It's open thread time! While a lot of us recover from last night's event talk among yourselves. Here's some news I'm reading - Barbara Boxer says that there will not…

The Next Elected Office Mike Protack Will Lose

This is an interesting article -- one that details Protack's long-time losing streak and continues the tradition of local Republican Party officials running away from him or trying not to acknowledge his existence. If this is the candidate that NCCo Chair Fleming ends up with that is not an especially auspicious start of this chairmanship.

Veterans Day

It's strange that Veterans Day is called a holiday, it is more a day of honor. In this day and age, most of the veterans we know are men and…