Monday, August 25, 2003

Is my newspaper column “the new Viagra?”   I make no such claim, but readers are drawing their own conclusions. 4:15:00 PM    comment []

When will our winsome senior Senator announce that he’s not going to run for the Senate again, allowing North Carolina Democrats a decent chance at holding onto his seat? George Stephanopoulos says it might happen before John Edwards formally announces his campaign for the White House on September 16.   Todd Morman says Edwards will be out of the presidential race by Christmas, and urges Dan Blue to declare now for the Senate race, before Erskine Bowles is anointed as Edwards’ successor by centrist Dems.  Eric Dyer says Edwards is sick of questions about the possibility of dropping out of the presidential race. "I'm running for president," Edwards, clearly tired of being asked about this subject, said Saturday afternoon as he and his family journeyed across New Hampshire during a six-day bus tour of the early primary state. "I'm totally committed to running for president." Me, I’m just waiting for Edwards to answer a few more questions for this site. 12:21:58 PM    comment []

I made a small donation to the Send Steve Kirks to BloggerCon campaign. 12:01:39 PM    comment []

Front page, above the fold, in today's "news" section of the News & Record: an article telling us that people really like the 23d Psalm ("The Lord is my shepherd..."). OK, it's the week before Labor Day, traditionally a time for some softer news...so is there new scholarship on the origins and meaning of the beloved Psalm? If there is, it doesn't make the article. Are there numbers or at least anecdotes showing an upsurge in interest in this particular passage? The article makes no such claims. Well, maybe this is a pet project of an N&R staffer? No, it's from the wire. Maybe the editors are all on vacation. 8:19:07 AM    comment []