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I want to thank Wendell for asking me to be a guest blogger. I’m sure this will be a decision he regrets…..(sorry for the length of this post, but the following is important—at least to me).
Since Wendell’s given me free rein, my first blog will attempt to honor two extraordinary guys, both named Travis. […]

My wife and I have running disagreement on the U.S. involvement in Iraq. From day one she’s been against it and refused to support it, I was against our reasons for going, but supported the action (and the responsibilities associated with that decision) until my statement yesterday that it was time to go.
My decision […]

From the first day of the war, I was skeptical about our reasons for invading Iraq.  Having said that, I fully supported the president and our military in the operation to remove Saddam Hussein and bring democracy to the Iraqi people.  Since that time I have been a consistent proponent of our country’s activities in the […]

Yesterday former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore was on Tucker Carlson’s msNBC show with guest host David Shuster.
See what he had to say about his letter to the president suggesting the need for a third way in Iraq.

Apparently Cindy Sheehan has quit her quixotic vigil against the Bush administration and the Iraq War. According to a post yesterday on the DailyKos entitled “Good Riddance Attention Whore”…
…well that about says it all.

Sheehan and good friend Hugo Chavez during better days

I could elaborate, but it would detract from the catchy title of her […]

I just saw this on CSpan -
Delaware Senator and candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination Joe Biden said tonight on the senate floor that the United States should take unilateral action with or without the support of the UN in an international crisis…
in Darfur.
Apparently genocide is OK in Iraq, but not in Darfur. Thank […]

Just got an email a little while ago from Newt.org indicating that the former Speaker will be a guest on Meet the Press this Sunday. He’s scheduled to debate Senator (and Democratic presidential hopeful) Chris Dodd about Iraq (you may have seen a Dodd ad airing recently on cable news channels touting his get out […]

Occasionally I get some pretty interesting emails. This one came today from a former staffer on the Hill who still works in DC:
I was having a drink last night with a friend who works in the office of a congresswoman. Apparently the friend’s boss is in an uproar with the Speaker over this […]

President Bush and congressional leaders met yesterday to discuss funding of the war in Iraq and while they appeared civil to one another during the hour-long discussion, it appears they left the meeting as divided (if not more so) as they were before the meeting started. If you want my opinion, both sides […]

I don’t know about you, but this sure seems like a political rally…
The following item was listed in today’s Case Western Reserve University “Case Daily“:

Campus News
Case Western Reserve University alumnus Dennis Kucinich will be the guest speaker of the university’s Center for Policy Studies and Case for Peace at 4 p.m. today, April 3. The […]