DenverPost.com - National Politics

DenverPost.com - National Politics Gov. Bill Owens will help write the GOP platform. I'm meeting with him at the Governors Mansion this afternoon with other candidates to get my picture taken. I'm going to suggest that a new approach at the Small Business Administration be taken. Founded in 1954, the SBA has just about killed small business in this country.

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Kerry's Cruel Realism

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Kerry's Cruel Realism The Varela Project is one of the most inspiring democracy movements in the world today. It is being led by a Cuban dissident named Oswaldo Payá, who has spent his life trying to topple Castro's regime. Payá realized early on that the dictatorship would never be overthrown by a direct Bay of Pigs-style military assault, but it could be undermined by a peaceful grass-roots movement of Christian democrats, modeling themselves on Martin Luther King Jr.

The Little Horn Massacre

The Little Horn Massacre On this day in 1876, Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.

HBO Films: Everyday People

HBO Films: Everyday People Mary and I saw a preview of this tonight. Brooklyn small family business struggles, a great story. Premieres this Saturday, worth watching. "You can't wash out all the color and keep the flavor." Problem with our culture today, family restaurants being replaced with chain stores. We are becoming a nation of clerks, and our food is loosing its flavor!

TIME.com: Meet Joe Blog -- Jun. 21, 2004

TIME.com: Meet Joe Blog -- Jun. 21, 2004: "What makes blogs so effective? They're free. They catch people at work, at their desks, when they're alert and thinking and making decisions. Blogs are fresh and often seem to be miles ahead of the mainstream news. Bloggers put up new stuff every day, all day, and there are thousands of them. How are you going to keep anything secret from a thousand Russ Kicks? Blogs have voice and personality. They're human. They come to us not from some mediagenic anchorbot on an air-conditioned sound stage, but from an individual. They represent � no, they are � the voice of the little guy.
And the little guy is a lot smarter than big media might have you think. Blogs showcase some of the smartest, sharpest writing being published. Bloggers are unconstrained by such journalistic conventions as good taste, accountability and objectivity � and that can be a good thing. Accusations of media bias are thick on the ground these days, and Americans are tired of it. Blogs don't pretend to be neutral: they're gleefully, unabashedly biased, and that makes them a lot more fun. 'Because we're not trying to sell magazines or papers, we can afford to assail our readers,' says Andrew Sullivan, a contributor to TIME and the editor of andrewsullivan.com. 'I don't have the pressure of an advertising executive telling me to lay off. It's incredibly liberating.'"