Tag: Politics
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Knocking on Doors, Meeting the Folks
Nothing humbles you like knocking on a stranger’s door. However, it’s the best way to meet your neighbors.
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How to Defeat Spencer Cox in 2020
Spencer Cox should win the 2020 Utah gubernatorial election by over 60% of the vote. He’s a lock. Probably the surest bet in politics next year. Lt. Cox is funny, passionate, intelligent, clever on social media, bald as a cue ball and from the middle part of the state. He’s loyally served Gary Herbert and…
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The World’s Worst Carpenter
There’s bone spurs between his ears. That’s the only logical explanation for Trump’s behavior. There has to be some sort of blockage prohibiting him from acting honorably and conducting himself like a shaved baboon. But there is no arthroscopic surgery to remove these spurs. They have long calcified over. The man leaching his way through…
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Election Night 2018 Notebook
Time to hunker down. Watched the results coming in at the Casa de Beavergoat. Made some notes and some cocktails. Tuesday, 6 November 2018 I missed watching Chris Mathews act like a lunatic. Voting for medical marijuana in state elections is ridiculous. It should be legal throughout the United States. Beto O’Rourke is a really…
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It’s Going to Be Okay: Election 2016
There’ only one thing for certain after today’s election. We’re going to be okay. The world is not going to end on Wednesday even if my hangover has something different to say. There won’t be any runs on the banks or long lines outside gas stations. There’ll still be food on the shelves at supermarkets,…
Ben Raskin 