Both Vice-President Cheney and his puppet, er, boss, have given media interviews over the last few weeks in which they have attempted (Cheney more blatantly, Bush more quixotically) to revise the record of their administration’s accomplishments.               Mr. Cheney defiantly, if somnolently, asserts the invasion of Iraq was fully justified; Mr. Bush continues […]

(Ed. note: E. Haig, a Sacramento writer who specializes in reviews of artistic performances, offers this annual summary of the top performances he reviewed during 2008.)             The Sacramento performing arts scene was elevated immensely this past year by stage productions.  And in at least four instances, those productions were the result of the efforts […]

Posted by Ed on 1/2/09 (written 12/29/08)             And so another year has come and gone.  This one may have been no different than others, with more than its share of war (Iraq, Afghanistan, to name just a couple of parochial concern), pestilence (cholera epidemic in Zimbabwe), famine (in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa), natural […]

First post from Ed – 1/2/09 (written 12/22/08)             Barack Obama has asked Reverend Rick Warren, the evangelical preacher who heads the big Saddleback Church in Orange County, to offer the invocation at his presidential inaugural next month, and according to the media, that invitation has become the biggest story of the post-election transition period.  […]