After a long Thanksgiving weekend away, didn’t get to this song until laaaaate. Trimmed a tree. Kicked it with some college students. So, show me some grace. The people of Egypt want to throw off the military council which has governed since the unseating of President Mubarak. As is typical in emerging democracies, sometimes the […]
Category: elections
Taking Ames
Well, I’m officially calling my summer sabbatical over. I’ve missed too many important stories. The debt ceiling debate and resolution, the NFL Lockout, Syria, London. I might circle back on a few. I had ideas brewing and couldn’t make it happen, in part, because I attended a NYC wedding at a castle. Yeah, toys, a […]
The Hangover
ipoetblog.com just got an audio upgrade, girls: Happy Fourth of July. I’ve been recording late into the night from an undisclosed location in the NC mountains. I thought I would celebrate this independence holiday with a song about Thailand politics. Of course. Nothing is more red-blooded and American than a weekend in Bangkok. See The […]
The Indian O! – Myanmar Election Awareness Monday
Another crazy weekend. My daughter was sick and my mom broke her neck. Not a euphemism. Literally, broke a vertebrae. So I made a marathon run over to Knoxville, TN and then back today. About 6 hours round trip. Wrote a Myanmar rap on the way. Of course I did. Want to hear it? […]
Election Special Wednesday
Phew. Long flight home today. Time with the wife and kids. Some ESPN 30 for 30. Full election coverage late into the night. Then pounded out some less than perfect ipoetry. Themes include my coverage of the coverage, the blissful absurdity of the coverage, balance of power in the bicameral duplex (I think that’s redundant), […]
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