May 29th, 2007 by md

There was a hilarious sidebar in today’s NYT that recounted a focus group exercise conducted in Md — here’s the scoop…
From the New York Times, May 29, 2007:
Imagine that the top presidential candidates are all at an airport trying to get on a flight. There is one seat left on the plane and there are […]

May 28th, 2007 by md

There is a really sobering piece in today’s NYT (“As Allies Turn Foe, Disillusionment Rises in Some GI’s” - Michael Kamber, pA1.) on the rising disillusionment among GI’s who’ve discovered that Iraqi army soldiers — who’ve been receiving weapons and training from the US — are among the insurgent forces attacking US forces and civilians […]

May 23rd, 2007 by md

I am not sure if I feel proud, sad, nervous, or what. I just hope they don’t take it out on the nice ladies in the dumpling factory that I wrote about.

February 20th, 2007 by md

I am happy to know that Sirius and XM are going to merge. Contrary to the FCC pablum about this being bad for consumers, I think it’s great news. I subscribe to Sirius in my home and in my car. I love it and will never go back to terrestrial radio. Commercial free music, great […]

January 29th, 2007 by md

There was a ton of coverage of Hillary Clinton’s visit to Iowa this weekend. Aside from the “evil men” joke, there was a very telling challenge made to the President: bring the troops home before the end of the term. This is an imperative if she is going to win. It puts Bush in an […]

November 19th, 2006 by md

I think it will be interesting to see what happens in the next 3-6 months. Clearly lots of people are unhappy about what’s happening in Iraq. However, I think the large mass of unhappy people is going to break into at least two groups: those who are unhappy because we are failing and who want […]

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