Bill Egnor

it is one thing to argue for a continued presence in Afghanistan, it is quite another to do so when we do not have the tools needed to have success (however that is defined). Given the mental cost our wars have inflicted on our troops, and the long time lines is seems it is less likely we can actually do anything effective there.

There is a fine line between free speech and incitement. Most of the time folks who say crazy stuff don't come even close. Today Rep. Bachman may find herself on the wrong side of that line.

It is a real drag to lose a hard fought political battle. However, it is not always the end. The loss in Maine shows we need to stop fighting State by State and take this to the Supreme Court as a Fourteenth Amendment issue.

One of the reasons the blogosphere has grown up is a frustration with the reporting of the traditional media. Tonight will be a great example of why folks are frustrated.

Today is the final push for No On 1. It can be won, but to make sure we have to get the vote out. Please, take an hour to make a difference for equality. Do it for the citizens of Maine, do it for your gay neighbors, do it for yourself, do it for future generations who will scratch their heads that we ever prevented gay citizens from marrying, but do it now!

This is my weekly attempt to keep the issue of torture accountability alive. Please take a few minutes to read it and send a letter to the AG and other decision makers to urge them to do what is right and required by law.

There are many folks who don't like vaccines. I will not minimize their concerns, when making a choice not to vaccinate your children, you should really know what the consequences might look like. This is the story of what beating cervical cancer looks like, so folks can make a more informed decision.

Conventional wisdom is really a two edged sword. On the one hand there is are good statistical reasons for complex systems to exhibit patterns which can be turned into rules of thumb, the baseline of likely outcomes in a given situation. On the other paw there is a danger of assuming everything will always be the same. Baseline assumptions are only useful when “all other things are equal”. If any of the underlying assumptions are out of their norms the end result is likely to be different from the rule of thumb baseline.

It is time to make the issue crystal clear, if Democratic lawmakers can not support the Public Option, then we will support someone else for office.