The last two or so weeks have been absolutely insane. Progress reports just came out and it’s looking good so far, all that hard work pays off…trust me.

Last week I wrote a little about the Register editorial board, noting that participating in board meetings is one of the highlights of my role at the newspaper.

I have watched the debates and I have the opinion that we need to get better coverage from our media. There are several things which I take exception to that mainstream media continues to do:

After having watched all of the debates and the endless analyses by the media regarding who won and who lost, and after being bombarded by all of the negative ads from both parties, I realized that, at the end of the day, the choice is really pretty simple: John McCain is a Republican — always has been and always will be — and Barack Obama is a Democrat — always has been and always will be. Therefore, at the end of the day, I realized that:

Why do I dislike so many political partisans? Let me count the ways.

While the eyes of the nation follow the race for the White House, it is worthwhile to remember that leaders elected locally often have an even more substantial impact on our daily lives than do state or federal lawmakers.

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The real reason this story has resonance is due to the fact that Obama used the phrase "spread the wealth around.” In doing so, he portrayed a view of economics that conservatives are roundly against,  wealth redistribution to make things "fairer.”

Recently I was looking at all the comments after an article on Obama’s tax plan, and noting how over the top the Republican commenters were about Obama. I thought of writing something sarcastic, like "Obama is going to use his Marxist social engineering policies to support domestic terrorism through an oppressive tax code on teeny tiny business owners while promoting both Muslim terrorism and black liberation theology, thereby installing Bill Ayers as the Secretary of Defense yada yada yada...."

I would like to know where the best parks are in Napa, best cheap things to do with kids in Napa too!

My topic is family dinners. I could use some more ideas for quick, healthy, and inexpensive dinners.

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

(Editor's note: The comments on this crashed about 9:30 a.m Friday, right after McCain's announcement. We were able to rebuild most but not all of the comments)