by Dave Gehring on May 15, 2010
Clearly, the role of Governor of California is a no-win situation. Anyone who understands how California is impacted by the referendum process, a super majority requirement for passing the budget, term limits and our current legislative districts would know that being Governor is a sure way to add a major public failure to your resume. [...]
by Dave Gehring on February 13, 2010
Here’s a really interesting article by Stanley Fish in NYT.com. The malleable line between speech and action seems to be at the crux of the consternation regarding this latest decision concerning the First Amendment and free speech. It seems like the author is suggesting that the justices had it well within reason to have found [...]
by Dave Gehring on February 9, 2010
by Dave Gehring on December 17, 2009
President Obama’s recent speech accepting the Nobel Peace Prize seems to have been viewed by the Right as a surprising reaffirmation of american exceptionalism. The speech also seems to be viewed by the Left as a surprising contradiction to the idealism that supports a rigorously (and some might consider utopian) pacifist social ethic. I can [...]
by Dave Gehring on December 4, 2009
I absolutely love this time of year. Football, Thanksgiving, Fall weather, then first snows, Christmas, lots of opportunity to assess the year; count my blessings and focus on the most important things. To welcome it in, here’s a video that cracks me up!
by Dave Gehring on November 26, 2009
I love this zigzag punt return! My favorite parts of the video: first the pose a blocker strikes after making a hit on the second zag; second, the way the player stands in the end zone looking pretty baffled by it all while he just drops the ball…hilarious! Play of the day: Grant's Kenneth Acker's [...]
by Dave Gehring on November 22, 2009
Latoya Egwuekwe put this graphic together displaying the progression in rising unemployment rates by County across the country. Nebraska never looked so good! Click on the image and press play to see the graphic in action.
by Dave Gehring on November 20, 2009
This has to be one of the coolest music videos I’ve seen. Totally compelling.
by Dave Gehring on November 17, 2009
by Dave Gehring on November 14, 2009