Should the results start getting to you – either coming in too quickly or not quickly enough, should the night drag on and ESPN2 with the UB Bulls playing Miami of Ohio Red Hawks – yes, billed as the battle of the blue and red – try playing Candy-Date Land. No, it does not have… Continue reading Candy-Date Land
So I bought a hard copy of the Press & Sun-Bulletin on Sunday so I could show my 18 year old son what the actual ballot would look like for his first ever trip to the ballot box – or as we know it, the voting booth. I explained how he would vote on the… Continue reading First Time Voters
Literally and figuratively. I just returned, about an hour ago, from my polling place. You see, I run to my local polling location. Up until two years ago, this was a relatively flat prospect. Then, the local fire department started a building project on the station on Route 26. The polling location moved to Union… Continue reading Exercising My Voting Privilege
Yes, I now have CNN on my television. CNN started publicizing a hotline to report voter irregularities last week or the week before. They reported on some during early voting in both Georgia and Florida. I have heard of some strange happenings in the local area thanks to Pressconnects.com but the recent voting irregularities report… Continue reading Strangest Weather-Related Issue So Far
Yes, I admit it. I turn my television set to CBS when I turn it on in the morning. I am not particularly a big fan of CBS news but I do want the local news on WBNG, the local CBS affiliate. So, I still have CBS on and the Early Show has Bob Schieffer… Continue reading John McCain and Crabgrass
I grew up in a very political home. My grandmother was a poll worker/election inspector. My best friend’s father was the county democratic chair. I volunteered on my first presidential campaign in 1972 at the age of 11, stuffing envelopes for George McGovern. My father could not believe, when I finally registered to vote, that I… Continue reading College Students and Voting
I am intrigued by this story that seems to be a non-story for national media. I don’t think that lines will be extraordinary where at my polling place. Granted, there are only two machines at the polling place but things generally run smoothly. My first time voter, 18 year old son, left the house at… Continue reading Business Productivity on Election Day 2008
With all the buzz about national politics, please remember that everything is local as you step into that polling booth tomorrow. I am watching a series of races – local, state and national – for my area plus a few other races that have caught my eye throughout the last two or three months. Locally,… Continue reading Everything is Local
Yes, it is true. Seventy-five percent of every dollar spent on health care in this country is spent on chronic diseases. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease recently released a new television ad featuring Katy Segal, Phylicia Rashad, Lauren Bacall and Mary-Louise Parker along side every day women in an ad asking women to be… Continue reading Chronic Disease
Three cheers for Bob Schieffer! He has moderated this last presidential debate in a manner that actually got some answers out of the candidates. He did so in a manner that did not make him the news story the next day. Next to Joe the Plumber, Schieffer should be the one who did the best… Continue reading The Final Presidential Debate of 2008
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