The Rising South

By Renn Vara

The pick of Senator Joe Biden as VP got me thinking. Why has our Party given up on the South? And if we have, does that pre-determine our demise in the coming Presidential election?

Second Thoughts

By Renn Vara

Until this morning’s decision to pick Joe Biden as his running mate, I didn’t have a strong opinion either way. I was a big time supporter of Hilary but not so as VP. But now that the decision has been made, I think Obama made his first and possibly last serious mistake. Here’s why.

Stupid, Mean, Narrow, Hack . . . Seriously

By Renn Vara

I’m generally a really nice person. But if I pick up another Marin Independent Journal and read about a local political leader spinelessly endorsing both candidates for office, I’m going to . . . . OK, I won’t. But for god’s sake, what the hell is wrong with our leaders? I thought Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey was uniquely useless but the disease has spread. We should congratulate ourselves. We have successfully created a political establishment that won’t take a stand on anything. Now they can’t even endorse correctly.