In the absence of those addictive primaries with the tidal wave of re-analysis following each one, I've been checking a few political blogs. You can scan a bunch of them from The Blogometer.
I also like Andrew Sullivan's take on things. Then to assure yourself that your guy is the inevitable winner, you can play the delegate counter game.
Today is Wednesday so it's snowing of course; Melissa took these photos yesterday when there were signs of spring.
A very satisfying short read for this season was Sam Harris's Letter To A Christian Nation.
There is, in fact, no worldview more reprehensible in its arrogance than that of a religious believer: the creator of the universe takes an interest in me, approves of me, loves me, and will reward me after death; my current beliefs, drawn from scripture, will remain the best statement of the truth until the end of the world; everyone who disagrees with me will spend eternity in hell...An average Christian, in an average church, listening to an average Sunday sermon has achieved a level of arrogance simply unimaginable in scientific discourse--and there have been some extraordinarily arrogant scientists.
And what's even worse than that in his opinion? Islam.
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