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The times, they are a-changing. About 14 months from now we will cast our votes for a new president; a national election will occur that, in my 50-plus years on this planet, will probably be the most crucial election of my time. Governor engages brain, needs to reach the heart Maybe it was simply due to the fact that the venue for presidential wannabe Bill Richardson, chief exec of the great state of New Mexico, was an open-sided pavilion at Honeysuckle Park instead of a utilitarian sheet-metal building minus any character, but there was a pleasant, classical American air to his rally last Saturday, with a distinct whiff of the old-style "come to the speakin'" about it. September's anti-climax For all the hype attending September's pontificating on the war in Iraq, none of last week's much mattered except maybe Chuck Hagel's and, to a lesser extent, Richard Lugar's. Shoes may be comfy, but beware yellow jackets and glass They are the shoe revolution of the decade -- the wide, rubbery, well-ventilated kicks that are flying off shelves. I lived through both the clog and jelly shoe eras, so I wasn't all that surprised when a new must-have shoe hit the stores. I actually bought mine several years ago, before they became super popular. What is the military mission in Iraq? WASHINGTON -- Before Gen. David Petraeus' report, and to give it a context of optimism, the president visited Iraq's Anbar province to underscore the success of the surge in making some hitherto anarchic areas less so. More significant, however, was the fact that the president did not visit Baghdad. This underscored the fact that the surge has failed, as measured by the president's and Petraeus' standards of success. Letters to the Editor |
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