Adam DuVander at Webmonkey offers reasons not to name your site after yourself. Oopsie. My decision to call this place Masson’s Blog was deliberate. I didn’t want to come up with anything clever, because, frankly, the site’s idea wasn’t clever — it was going to be my blog. In addition, I did not want a [...]

Nearly 11.5% of Indiana homes with mortgages are either behind or in foreclosure. That strikes me as an enormous number. A drop in income — whether through a lost job, divorce, death of a spouse or health problems — is the No. 1 reason people fall behind on their mortgages and lose their homes. The association’s [...]

Michael Isikoff, writing for Newsweek, has a story on Palin-McCain’s efforts to stonewall the Alaska investigation in which Palin had previously promised cooperation. The team McCain sent up north appears to have had obstruction on its mind more than the thorough vetting previously thought. (Or, maybe they found something they really didn’t like in the [...]

I know the calendar requires the equinox before it’s officially fall, but in my mind the seasons are more associated with calendar months — September, October, and November for fall. Weather-wise, this feels like the first weekend of fall. Football is gearing up. I love fall — except it leads inexorably to winter and the [...]

There isn’t even an article under the headline for an AP story that showed up in my RSS feed for the Indy Star. But the headline read: “McCain, Obama Hunt Independents” Eep! They should probably leave that sort of thing to Cheney.

Marcia Oddi at the Indiana Law Blog has an excellent entry about the discussion of judicial mandates before the legislature’s Commission on Courts. The problem, generally, is this: county councils are restricted in their ability to raise funds. And, they have to fund a lot of competing departments, most of which would prefer more money. [...]

The GOP used Heart’s Barracuda as one of their theme songs, presumably in honor of Sarah Palin who got the nickname playing high school basketball. This stanza seems apt for the convention: If the real thing dont do the trick No, you better make up something quick You gonna burn burn burn burn it to the wick Ooooooohhhh, barra [...]

Jason over at Four Square No. 266 hits one out of the park with a thoughtful post about the Presidential race. As we all have to do, he brings some of his personal perspective to bear when deciding what’s best for his family and what’s best for the country in a President. Governor Palin has [...]

Barack Obama: “You’d never know this was an important election. You’re hearing a lot about John McCain, he has a compelling biography as a P.O.W. You’re hearing a lot about me, most of it untrue. What you’re not hearing, is a lot about you.” Nothing about how they propose to make health care work. Nothing about getting [...]

Rick Kupchella, a reporter with KARE has an interesting blog entry from the protests at the Republican Convention in St. Paul. (h/t Brenda). The gist: #Rage Against the Machine wasn’t allowed to perform, and that made some people grumpy. #Most of the protesters were peaceful and simply looking to make political statements at a time and place [...]