Elections, American style

02006-11-04T04:35:49+00:00

In Alaska, a school board election ended in a draw. There was a recount—still a draw. Hence, state law required that it be settled by lot. So, they tossed a coin to decide who won the election. That’s not the weird bit; the weird bit is that the dead candidate won. So they had the foresight to put in rules about what to do if two candidates got exactly the same number of votes—but forgot to mention anything about requiring that candidates be alive?

Amazon review

02006-02-13T17:11:00+00:00

[My review of Do As I Say (Not As I Do) : Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy] What is a book? It’s not merely ink and paper, what makes it a “book” is that it imparts information. Schweizer could have written such a book. He could have called it “Do as I say (not as I do): profiles in media hypocrisy”. He could have profiled hypocritical media blowhards of all kinds, and put his investigative journalism skills to good use.