Realm of the Wombat

Talking to myself since 1997

You’re either with us, or against us Mr. Ice Cream Man!

Posted on September 27, 2004 by Jere

[America's Vanilla Ice Cream, by Dreyers] I was walking through the ice cream section of my grocer’s freezer, and I found that Dreyers now sells America’s Vanilla. I think this actually came out for Independence Day, but this is clearly tantamount to Freedom Fries. Wasn’t there Russian dressing during the cold war? Did we burn Persian rugs during the Gulf War? Am I really unpatriotic if I eat French vanilla ice cream?

Just in case you think this Iraq situation is improving

Posted on September 23, 2004 by Jere

Michigan professor Juan Cole was wondering what it would be like if America was Iraq. His analysis is a worth the five minute read.

The 2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics (Richard Johnston, Michael G. Hagen, Kathleen Hall Jamieson)

Posted on August 16, 2004 by Jere

[2000 Presidential Election and the Foundations of Party Politics] I’ve been thinking a lot about politics lately (not surprisingly), so I thought I’d see what Kathleen Hall Jamieson had to say about that wacky 2000 election. For the most part, there wasn’t anything earthshattering, but they believe that Clinton really did hurt Gore’s chances, despite his high approval rating. Weird. It was a little heavy on the sociological terminology, but otherwise quite interesting.