Once upon a time — the summer of 1991, when I was nine years old, to be exact — I was in Chicago, leaving the Field Museum of Natural History in the midst of a massive thunderstorm, when lightning struck the Sears Tower… but my view was completely blocked because I happened to be standing directly behind one of the… Read more »
Twitter: CNN Breaking News — Supreme Court strikes down Chicago handgun ban; case may have far-reaching impact for states, local governments.
Twitter: Paul Krugman: “We are now, I fear, in the early stages of a third depression.” http://nyti.ms/cy3uY4. #PANIC
Twitter: Just bought tickets to Boise State @ Wyoming on 9/18. Now Boise had better freakin’ beat Virginia Tech on Labor Day! I don’t want to see some 0-1 WAC team.
Twitter: Conflicting interpretations of WV law re: Byrd’s replacement: http://bit.ly/bMWc8S. No decision yet, per Sec of State: http://bit.ly/cU4WRj.
Twitter: RT @wxchannel: Alex is forecast to become a hurricane tonight, and may become a major hurricane (cat 3) late Wed or early Thu. http://wxch.nl/dliawi
FriendFeed: RT @marcambinder: Dem state chair Nick Casey seen as Byrd’s likely replacement. Gov. Joe Manchin will declare a “vacancy” and then appt. placeholder. … BUT if vacancy is declared after July 3, successor serves through 2012. If not, GOP has another seat in 2010 to contest.
Forgive me for being crassly political in the immediate aftermath of the sad news of Robert Byrd’s death — but there is, of course, a significant electoral and political angle to this. At least two such angles, actually. The U.S. Senate now has 99 senators — 56 Democrats, 2 Dem-caucusing independents, and 41 Republicans — and the question of who… Read more »
Twitter: RT @jeffzeleny: The NYT’s legendary Adam Clymer writes the definitive obituary of Senator Robert C. Byrd, who died early today. http://nyti.ms/aoJqRs
Twitter: RT @washingtonpost: Sen. Robert Byrd, 92, who became the longest-serving member of Congress in history, died Monday. – http://wpo.st/53J0