Author: Rick Klau

CNN.com – Dean dollars – Oct. 16, 2003 WASHINGTON (CNN) — You know you’ve had a good fund-raising quarter if the financial report being submitted to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) is taller than the candidate submitting it.

No one quote would do this essay justice, so just take a few minutes and go read the whole thing. It’s a terrific view of why Dean should be seen as a tremendous asset to the Democratic Party, an assessment of his many accomplishments to date, and a good game summary of the Marlins/Cubs game.…

Something tells me that this search will yield far more hits in the next few days after the Cubs’ collapse. From tomorrow’s Washington Post comes this nugget: One doesn’t want to overstate Bartman’s problem, but it is possible that no one in the history of the world has ever managed so publicly, and so efficiently,…

Red Sox win 9-6. Here’s hoping the Cubs pull it off tonight. Admit it: don’t you just ache for Steve Bartman (the fan who interfered with Alou’s catch on the left field line)? And then the Sox win tomorrow night… … Pigs flying, a wind chill in Hell — what else would follow?

Matt Langer has an idea that might be crazy enough to work: get a bunch of A-list bloggers to work together to raise $156,000 to put a full-page ad in the Sunday NY Times. The goal? Highlight the ability of weblogs to bring undiluted news and commentary to the masses, and shine a spotlight on…

Joi Ito reports that as a result of the draconian security interviews in place at U.S. Customs, he will cut back on travel to the U.S. for the forseeable future. I can’t say I blame him — and his comments are not isolated. The CEO at a former employer of mine (he’s from India, but…

Ernie reports on Justice Scalia’s recent trip to New Orleans, and concludes: [T]he reactions he receives from those who staunchly disagree with his views on constitutional interpretation are often filled with scorn and contempt. Which is unfortunate, but also strange. I can understand how people would not accept most of his views, and I’m certainly…

Jen Klyse notes that Andy Rosenberg is running for Congress in her district, he has a weblog, and he’s even responding to comments on his own site by himself. The site looks great, and Andy’s involvement in his own site is commendable. Well done!

Good article at Fast Company about Joe Trippi and the .com that is the Dean campaign. This sounds about right to me: So while he’s frustrated when people focus on the “phoney baloney dotcom thing,” he readily acknowledges the parallels. “Every presidential campaign is a startup,” he says, “and every one becomes, essentially, one of…

Jay Allen has released MT-Blacklist. I’ve installed it (if you did your own Movable Type install you’ll be fine — you just need to ftp a few files up to your server and run the config) and look forward to cutting down on the number of ridiculous comments left here. Most interesting (as noted by…