Governor Sarah Palin has resurrected an old term - Joe Six Pack.  Her notion is that she represents that demographic - folksy, hard working, beer drinking, regular American people.  Her position is not so much that she can represent Joe - it is more that she is Joe.  This is troubling.
The Founding Fathers wrote the [...]

China has given the world a demonstration of their claim on the future. The opening ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics are unrivaled - and will remain unrivaled for generations. The grandeur of the Chinese coming out party was a delicate mix of technology and humanity.
At the center of the spectacle was “The Bird’s [...]