- Andrew Sullivan has written a must-read article in the Setptember 2008 issue of Atlantic. Entitled "My Big Fat Straight Wedding," it is a touching, compelling and utterly human perspective on marriage. Not gay marriage, not straight marriage -- just marriage. Sullivan doesn't make a political argument. In fact he doesn't make an argument at all. What he does is state with articulate and beautiful simplicity that marriage -- family -- is natural to all human beings.
- I've always liked and admired McCain and thought him to be a solid and intelligent -- and willing to put country above all else. It simply cannot be that McCain actually believes that Palin will be the answer to HRC voter prayers. In a similar vein, no way McCain thinks Palin is anywhere near qualified to be President. I know the state of American politics has been and is below low, but has it really come down to this?
- Was it me or did Obama's speech lack a finish? The flourish that he seemed to be building to never happened. He got lost in the MLK reference and never really found his way. Don't get me wrong, the speech was terrific. It wasn't Obama at his best but I can't think of another politician who could come to even a good-but-not-great Obama speech.
- While we're on the topic of the Democratic convention, aren't we all rather sick of the television coverage? The running ticker, the shallow debates between career pundits, the hyperbole -- it's maddening and boring. Now PBS (and truthfully I have a problem that taxpayer's pay anything for public broadcasting, and that includes NPR) was outstanding. Thoughtful, articulate, and with civility and dignity rightfully reserved for the high calling that is (or rather, should be) attached to politics and the Big Issues of America and the world.
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