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Category Archives: National Politics

Yes We HCAN!

While I’ll have more thoughts about this later, one of the things to keep an eye on in the coming year(s) are advocacy movements seeking major policy changes in areas of obvious national neglect like health care, the environment, energy, water rights/distribution, etc. The reason is that I take (future President) Barack Obama at […]

Posted 09 July 2008 † Hiram Wurf § Democratic Change § Democratic Party § Healthcare § Illinois Political Campaigns § Illinois Politics § Political Communication § Presidential Election 08 § Religion § Security Platform § Union § Wisconsin Political Campaigns § Wisconsin Politics ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged:

Andrew Sullivan Writes About King George

Andrew Sullivan, born in England, knows something about monarchy. Recently Sullivan wrote a short piece in Time Magazine, “We Don’t Need a New King George: How can the President interpret the law as if it didn’t apply to him?” about President Bush’s use of “signing statements,” written descriptions of the President’s interpretation of […]

Posted 08 February 2006 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Civil Liberties § Court System § Democratic Change § Political Communication ‡ Comments (0) °

Al Gore Moveon.org Speech Defending Senate Judicial Filibuster

Former Vice President and Tennessee Senator Al Gore gave a speech yesterday afternoon in Washington, D.C. for Moveon.org where he defended the judicial filibuster in the U.S. Senate (full text in this link), a 230 year tradition that Republicans in the senate are trying to end in favor of a simple majority vote for federal […]

Posted 28 April 2005 † Hiram Wurf § Court System § Democratic Party § Political Communication § Republican Party ‡ Comments (0) °

Another Example of Intelligence in the Bush Administration

People say things sometimes that are honest, but in hindsight seem rather unfortunate. Most, if not all of us, do it. Usually, however, we don’t get the job when we’ve said we lack the intelligence skills to get it. That doesn’t seem true in the Bush Administration, at least as far as […]

Posted 11 August 2004 † Hiram Wurf § Bush Administration § Intelligence § Political Communication § Presidential Election 04 ‡ Comments (0) °

What Democrats Can Afford To Consider

Political Wire reports Democrats raised more money than Republicans this quarter. I’d love to see this advantage turned into leverage to enact better laws on public financing of elections. Money should not be a barrier to quality public servants. At the upper levels Americans of both parties vote for fundraisers who are […]

Posted 21 July 2004 † Hiram Wurf § Political Communication § Presidential Election 04 ‡ Comments (0) °

David Brooks

I haven’t read all of David Brook’s columns by any means, nor heard all of his NPR interviews (though I’ve caught some, I’m a big E.J. Dionne fan), and I only have stomached some of his New York Times articles, so I can’t fully judge him. But I’ve never thought of him as more […]

Posted 14 June 2004 † Hiram Wurf § Political Communication ‡ Comments (0) °

After A Long Battle With Alzheimer’s, Reagan Dies At 93

After struggling for 10 years with Alzheimer’s disease, former President Ronald Reagan has died. It was a horrible way to go, and we can only hope that Reagan’s prominence has helped and will help the search for a cure. A former Democrat and union leader, Reagan is best known for having helped […]

Posted 05 June 2004 † Hiram Wurf § Illinois Politics § Political Communication ‡ Comments (0) °