Think downtown Napa is changing fast?

The United States (or more precisely, the U.S. news media) have unilaterally chosen to rank countries’ overall performance according to which nation has won the most total medals. Not surprising, under this standard, the U.S. might come out on top.

What you post is there for everyone to see, and it stays there for everyone to see.

Way to go, Donny!

Dear editor, I wanted to thank Mike Jacobs for pointing out that the Democrats staffing the booth at the Napa Town & Country Fair felt good about the job that we did with more than 40 volunteers (“Extend Democrats’ era of good feeling,” Aug. 19).

Dear editor, It was an interesting week for me. On the fourth of August I officially became a candidate for Yountville Town Council. On the sixth I was informed by telephone that the Yountville Town Council had filed a lawsuit against me and that I was to appear in Napa County Superior Court on the eighth of August at 11:30 a.m.

Fareed Zakaria, one of the most insightful and interesting writers on issues of general political importance to Americans, has recently written a follow up book to his last one, "The Future of Freedom.” The new book is called, "The Post American World.” Both books are outstanding and I would recommend them to anyone.

I am almost embarassed to be a Republican right now they are doing such a hatchet job on Obama. Almost everything they are criticizing him for is either an outright lie, or a subjective reading of him in the most intentionally negative manner possible. Usually there is some truth to negative ads, this time it is hard to see it.

Barack Obama chose Delaware Sen. Joe Biden as his running mate ... what do you think of the choice?

John McCain should be making his choice for vice president known very soon. Who do you think it should be?

Proposition 8, the "Limit on Marriage, Constitutional Amendment," on the November ballot, calls for an amendment to the state constitution, declaring that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.

When I approached the Napa Valley Register about blogging from the Democratic National Convention, web guru Dan Ross suggested an introduction piece. So in the words of Ross Perot's VP running mate James Stockdale...who am I and why am I here?