conventional wisdom

But in his first posting on Pith in the Wind, newly nesconced editor Pete Kotz, looks to give Garrigan a run for her money:

Seemingly lost in the debate over the rezoning of Nashville’s schools is one simple fact: Busing, in terms of urban health, was the worst idea of the 20th century.

It’s a lot like Marxism—a noble theory birthed from the best intentions. It only begins to go bad when you add that pesky ingredient known as human nature.

Aunt B.

Is Bill Hobbs on vacation?

I ask only because it’s now July 14th and he hasn’t posted anything since the 10th, which means that, throughout this whole Robin Smith affair, he’s been silent.

From MSNBC:

Sean Braisted pokes a hole in the conventional wisdom that John McCain is a more known quantity to the American public than Barack Obama:

I wonder how conservatives ever got elected before evangelical voters were manipulated to the polls by election-year ploys like this one:

Measure that could ban abortion on November ballot

The Washington Post reveals that the Jeremiah Wright controversy may have helped Barack Obama at a crucial time:

When George Bush went to Israel last week to label Barack Obama as a disloyal appeaser, Hillary Clinton should have suspended her campaign and asked her supporters to unite around Senator Obama for president as a show of solidarity and common cause against Republican demagoguery of those who dare to defy them.