West Virginia
STAT OF THE DAY: Take Me Home, Staten Island Roads...
Wow. Staten Island is farther south than parts of West Virginia.
I read that nifty little nugget in the new essay collection from Reaktion Books entitled New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg.
In W. Va., Huckabee Blocks for McCain
Another example of the enduring John McCain-Mike Huckabee alliance and its consequences for Mitt Romney: Huckabee just won the West Virginia State Republican Convention thanks to an assist from McCain.
Romney targeted West Virginia, where a vote of the 1,100 delegates at the state G.O.P. convention determines which presidential candidate will receive all 18 of West Virginia's delegates to the national convention.
More after the jump. read more »
What We Talked About On Vacation: How Close Is Too Close?
From the NYT Mag ARTICLE with those pics: read more »
"When the mayor came for a post-Katrina visit, Ranatza had the students draw their wishes for the city. They do not lack for colored crayons, yet they rendered New Orleans in sepulchral black and white."











