Kevin Ellis
Gay Politics and the Supreme Court
The day Elena Kagan was nominated for the U.S. Supreme Court, I told a colleague of rumors around Boston that she is gay.
A Different Take on the Supreme Court Ruling
It’s always great when an event throws the usual (and boring) left vs. right equation off its moorings.
U.S. Immigration Jails
Every once in a while, the New York Times produces a story so chilling that you not only read it to the end – you read it twice or three times. Nina Bernstein should get a prize for her lead story Sunday about U.S. treatment of the men and women who die in U.S. immigration [...]
The Second Education
New York Times Columnist David Brooks has the best column of the week, focusing on what he called the “second education.”
Run – Don’t Walk – to Buy the new Obama book
A political junkie friend told me last year that Obama beat Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination because Clinton campaign strategist Mark Penn “can’t count.”
Twitter: The New King-Maker
At the Democratic convention in Denver last year, 70,000 people waited for Barack Obama to speak…
Obama Health Care
I’ll leave the politics to others and focus on the communications and “optics” around the president’s speech, which contained several communications “firsts.”
Howard Dean — The Great Communicator
Suddenly, Howard Dean is everywhere.
Former Vermont governor, presidential candidate, DNC Chairman … and now a national voice for health care reform…
Ted Kennedy
Say what you want about Ted Kennedy (and most do), this has been a heck of a week. I am part of the generation that watched their parents cry…
Welcome to Our New Site
Kimbell Sherman Ellis (KSE) is changing and we are very excited about KSE 3.0.
Today, we launch a new and improved website: www.ksefocus.com.