CapeCodToday Blog Chowder

For Capeconservative: Kindle is not yet available for "Serious Fun with White House Secrets." However, you can go to iUniverse.com, click on my name and get the electronic version to your computer for $6.00.

I shall investigate the possibilities of Kindle next week!

Fair question! Libby just finished writing her second novel "Serious Fun with WHITE HOUSE SECRETS" and hasn't been able to cover anything at the Kennedy School of Government for ten months until yesterday. She is even handed and has written books about Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Margaret Thatcher, and Barack Obama. She's an Independent. She did mention George Shultz in the Pelosi article. He was a fine Secretary of State.

What a great piece. Gay Talese wrote something similar for the NY Times recently and I much preferred this one with the pix. The grand kids will never forget this trip with Walter and Pat. By the way, Pat looks great and the kids are adorable!

Sounds like you have a good arrangement! The whole row behind me and two from my row left at intermission.

There is a new novel out, A SUMMER WITH SOCRATES by Parker Lloyd that deals with the homeless. All the people are real from Boston and Cambridge, but their names have been changed and they have been placed in Reno, where there is a big homeless population.

Duffy Health in Hyannis also deals with the concerns of the homeless. A new novel A SUMMER WITH SOCRATES by Parker Lloyd presents real homeless people with different names from the Boston area, but relocates them in Reno.

I have a one-act play about teen suicide called THE CRUEL SERPENT. Can someone put me in touch with a guidance counselor or drama coach or principal t Nantucket High School for helping this situation?

Thanks, Monpo! We'll see what happens in November.

Bush has a geo-thermal ranch. If he had championed the environment, he'd be a hero. If he'd invited all the American automakers to the oval office and said "I want better gas mileage in American cars NOW!" He would be a hero. A candidate can inspire inventors to explore creative energy ideas.

The price of oil has come down three dollars TODAY. Maybe the War Game is working!

Caroline Kennedy endorsed Barack Obama for the very reasons you stated. She feels that Obama's political values are closest to those of her father.

A thousand thanks for your good wishes!

JJ thanks you, but she is capitalizing on the name Rodgers for obvious reasons.

Maybe your parents' money was well spent after all!
I'd put my money on you and Hal Holbrook--wind farms and acting.

I'm sending this to my son and daughter for vacations with their kids. Pat found a goldmine in All Star. I loved the stuffed animals and wi-fi!!! What fun.

Benazir and her husband came from very wealthy families and did not need to launder money. Their political opposition waged a smear campaign to run them out of office, which succeeded.

Actually, it wasn't Hawthorne, but Longfellow who wrote the poem "Evangeline."

Jeffrey Tubin suggested on Charlie Rose last night that if Hillary wins, she might very well appoint Obama to the Supreme Court. What dost thou think???

Maybe if you are transgendered or can get an operation and you have $40,000, you can get in!!!!

Emma Willard has never been about learning manners (that's up to parents). It's about expanding the mind and yes, that can take place anywhere in any school. I happened to have been on full scholarship there. The article wasn't about me, but reporting what happened at the Symposium.
Read Daniel Pink's book "The Whole New Mind." You'll find men and women aren't so different in that respect--perhaps women have a greater sense of intuition.
Sorry you were annoyed!

Great story. I like to go with my French friend to the lounge. Service is fantastic. I especially liked the history of Tennessee Williams and Neil Simon rewriting their plays in their suites! My daughter recently took her Girl Scout Troop there for tea, and they couldn't have been nicer to these young girls.

There are many unsung heroes in moving this project of the statue forward and Betsey Welton is one of them.

The beauty about America is the privilege of expressing opposing views. Whether it be radio, television, or newspapers, these communicators have an obligation to uphold this privilege. Wind and solar powers are there to be harnessed for our use. Wendy Williams and Bob Whitcomb are laying out facts for us to explore and discuss. Why should we be afraid to do this?

Thank you for your comment. I defer to your expertise rather than to the local guides in Avignon and have made the correction!

Walter's a hot photographer!

Walter's a hot photographer!

How right you are that the northeast can boast such a list of literary geniuses!

I don't know, lawyers are pretty cagey!

What about Klaus Von Bulow???????????

Perhaps Whitman would agree with some of your opinions.
My brother designed a car that would run on only wind and solar power. THe oil and American auto companies told him to disappear. Only Toyota was willing to consider it.

I did challenge Alan Dershowitz on this issue because he has a house on Martha's Vineyard. He dodged the question with a legalize answer!
THe other questions you asked are out of my area of expertise--sorry.

By the way, George W. Bush has a geo-thermal system in his Crawford ranch. Maybe the public and private persona will start to merge.

She did say Americans became engaged over the rising gas prices and guzzling SUVs. She said that when Americans become engaged this way, things will change because people demand the change.

She was familiar with the topic. I think her frustration comes from her time as EPA chief when she was making progress and the White House rejected her forward moves. Look how moderate Bush was today over receiving the Study Report on Iraq. He even said that Republicans and Democrats must come together (incidentally Bush worked closely with Democrats in Texas when he was governor) THis is exactly what Whitman said Bush must do last night. I think you will see a shift in environment and Iraq in these two years because the Democrats are going to use them as political weapons for 2008.

Whitman was more animated over that question than any of the evening. In other words, why not explore the wind farm idea and see if it's viable. She was frustrated at rejecting an ideaz before investigating it.

THanks for all your comments, giving me an hilarious morning. IF we can't laugh at ourselves,what's the point? The point is, you care enough to comment. Long live free speech!

Having lived in Africa for six years, my guess is that it takes several generations to train Africans as businessmen. In SOuth Africa, there are many successful entrepreneurs. In other African countries that is not the case. Also,African leaders, like many others, are seduced by power and money--as in Liberia. The new lady president of Liberia is an educated economist and has her country's welfare at heart rather than her own personal interests. For the most part, Africans have worked for whites and learning to run businesses takes years of experience. Hope this may answer your query in some measure.

Why not both. THe editorial page reflects the views of the paper (publishers mostly), but the new media demands expansion of more contributors;especially online papers like Cape Cod Today!

You have a point.

Columnists have free rein to write anything unlike reporters who have to stick to the facts. Opinion journalism versus factual journalism. Both are acceptable. You know what you're getting from both.

TV reporter Karen Swensen replied to my query about 200mph winds. She said that before landfall, the "gusts" were 200 mph rather than "sustained winds." Once there was landfall, the gusts were 100 mph. So, thanks for keeping me on my mental toes!!!

I went back to my notes about the 200 mile winds. It came from the documentary, Flood of Tears, narrated ny Karen Swensen.

To all those husbands who are threatened by dogs favoring their wives--always carry a pocket full of treats and you'll never have to complain again!

I have forwarded your comment to the artistic director of the playhouse because he needs to know what his patrons like and dislike.

Sorry, Monpon, I'm still a child at this stuff.

Monpo doesn't exist. I assumed someone commented in jest and I responded in jest!

Good to be back. I'll be reviewing here all summer.

Thank you. I don't know what else to say!