politics
A playwright named “Shagspeare” in Bill Cain’s “Equivocation”
September 24, 2014"Shag" for short receives a royal commission to write about Guy Fawkes and England's 1605 Gunpowder Plot.
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Scotland: In the wake of referendum “No” result
September 19, 2014Scots voted No to independence by 55 per cent to 45 per cent, but the referendum debate energised a people determined to strike a blow against a pampered Westminster elite.
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British party leaders scramble to Scotland to quell Yes vote
September 11, 2014Britain's three main party political leaders - among the most unpopular in British political history - crawled up to Scotland to beg that it votes against independence.
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Primaries end with Scott Brown win but some tea party losses
September 10, 2014The 2014 primary election season came to an end yesterday with the former Massachusetts Republican Senator Scott Brown winning the GOP primary in New Hampshire.
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Poem: “More Than a Black Cat Bone”
September 8, 2014"Takes a whole lot more than a black cat bone or a buncha noisy kids or a blogger all alone. Takes strong-headed people all together like stone."
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