Hank Kalet

Taking advantage

I did an op-ed for the Progressive Media Project on the Bush/McCain drilling plan. Read it here, at the Progressive magazine site.

Grassroots: Sidetracked by sideshows

My Populist column is up here.

We are listening to the Mets game here in the office, which is probably not a wise idea. Johan Santana pitched a fine game, going into the eighth, but then the bullpen managed to squander a two-run lead.

Scott Schoenweiss is today’s culprit in what has been a rather egalitarian approach to making a mockery of relief pitching. It seems like everyday someone else steps up and fails. Ugh.

Dispatches: Saving clean elections

This week’s Dispatches, as promised, is on the incredibly flawed OLS opinion on clean elections.

Runner’s diary, Thursday

Hit the road for four miles while listening to The Police (a mix of songs from the first two albums).

Broken Cord: An Anthology of Writing on Alzheimer’s and Dementia

We are looking to raise seed money for an anthology of writing on Alzheimer’s and dementia. The anthology will be the first project from a new small press. All proceeds will go to research and care groups. Contributors who donate $20 or more will get copies of the anthology and a mention on the acknowledgements page. Writers, we are looking for poems, fiction, and essays on dementia and Alzheimer’s. They can be from any perspective — care-givers, family, the person with dementia.

Contribute here.