Author: Rick Klau

From Ron Schmidt, a reader of this blog, comes this account of the rally in St. Paul on Sunday (you can read the campaign’s brief assessment here). Ron is a Vietnam vet who grew up in a Teamster family and “doesn’t like what this administration is doing to the country”: We just got back from…

Several people have written in and asked about my press archive page. It’s not going away – I promise! You can still find it here. In the conversion from Radio Userland to Movable Type, I am still working out a few kinks, one of which is how to update the press archive in an intelligent…

Military Malpractice – John Kerry’s hypocritical attack on Howard Dean. By William Saletan “The political logic of Kerry’s attack is obvious. Dean is the only candidate with momentum and excitement, and he’s the only big threat to Kerry in New Hampshire. Discredit Dean, win New Hampshire, and nobody else has the gas to pass Kerry. But…

CNN.com – Oregon man charged with conspiracy to levy war against U.S. – Apr. 28, 2003 In a 41-page affidavit filed along with a criminal complaint in U.S. District Court in Portland, an FBI agent attached to the joint terrorism task force alleged that Hawash had traveled to China in an attempt to gain entrance…

Howard Dean’s Remark on Military Draws Fire From Kerry Howard Dean, the former Vermont governor running for president, has told an audience in New Hampshire that the United States “won’t always have the strongest military,” an assertion that drew a strong rebuke today from one of his rivals for the Democratic nomination.

For those of you reading this site in a browser, you’ll notice some changes. First of all, this site is now managed in Movable Type. All the old pages are still here, just with a slightly new look and feel. Most of the changes are structural and should be transparent. But comments are now turned…

Nearly 30 people came by our house today to learn more about Governor Howard Dean. Here’s what they learned: he’s honest, he’s passionate, he’s committed, and he’s got a great sense of humor. He understands a broad range of issues that are critical to our country at a time that we need him. He engages…

Dave Winer responds (sort of) to my post: I’ve been pinged and pecked by people working for specific candidates telling me how cool their guy is because he Gets weblogs. That’s not very interesting. More and more I wonder if people actually read what’s written on the Web. I think they just scan for key…

Dave Winer writes: 2. Blogging and the New Hampshire primary. Citizen bloggers covering the candidates for US president, follow it where it goes. First step — clearly — go to NH myself and find some candidates. Luckily I’m speaking at Dartmouth on May 9. I’ll go looking for presidential hopefuls. With my camera and some…

Ben and Mena are now family…. Six Apart (Ben and Mena’s company, the creator of Movable Type) just announced their hosted service, TypePad. They also announced that Anil has joined the team. Also somewhere in the announcement is a bit about my company, Neoteny investing in Six Apart. I’m very excited both as a Movable…