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One of the wonderful things about dealing with state laws is finding the old laws still on the books that really no longer serve any purpose. For instance, Vermont has a tax clean-up bill (HB 888) that would repeal the property tax exemption for veterans of the Civil and Spanish-American wars. Nevermind that a Civil [...]

Why? Because Cubs fans hopes for Kerry Wood are getting dashed again. Like Charlie Brown and that damned football, Cubs fans hoped this year would be different. This would be the year that Kerry Wood took his place among the immortal starting pitchers closers in baseball history. His fastball hit 98 in spring training. He [...]

Kevin,
I’ll put it in terms you’ll definitely understand. The Protestants have a bit of marketing problem. The Catholics offer copious amounts of booze and a good time. Protestants offer marching through Catholic neighborhoods and getting shot at. I think we definitely have the advantage on that one.
Not that I partake and I am truly [...]

I’ve avoided talking about the Spitzer fiasco in New York because in a lot of ways I think it’s silly. Yes, we all love watching holier-than-thou politicians being hoisted on their own petard, but really it’s a family issue masquerading as a political circus.
Though, I have to give credit to Virgin Mobile Canada for this [...]

If you had told me two weeks ago that the Democrats would take Denny Hastert’s seat, I would have openly mocked you. Having grown up in that district, I knew that the likelihood that any Democrat would take the seat would be about the same as me being named King of Ireland.
Well, I’m booking my [...]

It’s funny how quickly fingers begin pointing when a campaign is imploding. The LA Times has an article on the fussing and fighting in the Clinton camp over the weekend.
As the campaign faces a make-or-break moment, some high-level officials are trying to play down their role in the campaign. Penn said in an e-mail over [...]