http://twodems.com News, Opinion, Analysis & Victory Mon, 18 Aug 2008 15:46:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Marty Lederman's answer: Almost assuredly not. You likely know that already. But let me quote the level of detail the campaigns are now getting into: As of right now, Obama has 63 "pledged" delegates, to 48 for Clinton and 26 for John Edwards. On February 5th, 1688 further pledged delegates will ... http://twodems.com/2008/01/29/will-we-know-the-identity-of-the-democratic-nominee-on-the-morning-of-february-6th/ Caroline Kennedy was big, but I think the fact that Ted Kennedy endorsed him also is huge. Ted almost never endorses someone in the primary. The theme of Ted Kennedy’s speech at American University, and of Caroline Kennedy’s Times op-ed, is that Obama is John F. Kennedy’s political heir. It ... http://twodems.com/2008/01/29/obama-endorsements/ I have decided to blog a little bit in the run up to Feb 5th and then see where we are. Gary is a pretty ardent Hillary Supporter, I am a pretty ardent Obama supporter. So, things might be interested. I would like to start with a quotation from The Super ... http://twodems.com/2008/01/29/build-up-to-super-tuesday/ The smaller paper format of the New York Times is an affront to every long time reader of the print edition. As though less space for the news was bad enough, fewer letters and less Op-ED space lowers the discourse in the newspaper. Many read the Times because of their ... http://twodems.com/2007/08/06/times/ Just how much has economic liberalization moved China toward democracy? Seymour Martin Lipset famously wrote: “[T]he more well-to-do a nation, the greater the chances that it will sustain democracy. From Aristotle down to the present, men have argued that only in a wealthy society in which relatively few citizens ... http://twodems.com/2007/07/10/china-democracy-through-economic-liberalization/ Two things about the attempted car bombings and the airport attack in Great Britain. First, a lot of attention is being paid to the fact that "All eight people arrested in the aftermath of two bungled car bombings here last week are from the medical profession." The tendency for the past ... http://twodems.com/2007/07/04/its-religious-terrorism-isnt-it/ So far this page has given no treatment to the news yesterday that President Bush has commuted the jail sentence of Scooter. The obvious points are there for the taking. The administration has been laying the seed for this for months in saying that no underlying crime was ... http://twodems.com/2007/07/03/the-commutation/ I understand that many politicians are themselves religious, and that, moreover, it is politically prudent to invoke religious belief and speak in religious terms when 80% of the population identifies as Christian. Nevertheless, as a nonreligious individual, it is sometimes hard for me to stomach the religious rhetoric of politicians. ... http://twodems.com/2007/07/02/obama-on-religion-and-politics/ The London terror plot and the Scotland car bomb attack of the past few days are clearly the “top stories” for the weekend, as the media plays on the fear of Americans and reminds us that terrorism is still a threat in the US. But that’s not all. ... http://twodems.com/2007/07/01/uk-terror-all-too-convenient-for-anti-immigrant-republicans/ So, based on the opinion in the "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" case I have a simple question, which I'll only use a short amount of space for. If the decision says that speech of a political nature is allowed, then technically wouldn't a banner or t-shirt proclaiming Bong Hits 4 Jesus, ... http://twodems.com/2007/06/27/a-question/