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Ben Pillow has worked for the three largest newspaper companies — Gannett, Tribune, McClatchy and Tribune again — as a news reporter, sports reporter, sports copy editor and page designer, news copy editor, news producer (on the online side), senior editor, business reporter and blogger, and now, presentation architect, whatever that is (page designer and copy editor). A South Carolina native, he hopes to avoid moving again for the foreseeable future. E-mail him at ben(at)bthesite.com.

Obama gets debate bounce; Palin next?

September 30, 2008 at 8:00 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | 5 Comments »

A new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll shows that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama made some gains in Friday's first presidential debate with his Republican rival, John McCain. Maybe that can be ... Read more..

Presidential debate redux

September 28, 2008 at 6:23 pm by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | 3 Comments »

If you're like me and missed Friday's presidential debate between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain — sorry to say I wasted my night at Camden Yards watching the ... Read more..

A tool to play presidential matchmaker

September 23, 2008 at 8:00 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | 2 Comments »

ABC News has partnered with USA Today on an interactive tool to help we the people figure out which major party presidential candidate we agree with on hot topics such ... Read more..

Barack Obama is big in Brazil

September 18, 2008 at 9:08 pm by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | Add Comment »

In my double-take moment of the week, I saw this headline today on the Associated Press wire: "Barack Obama's on the ballot in Brazil." Eh? Apparently, candidates for office in Brazil can ... Read more..

McCain, Obama camps shortchange us on economy

September 16, 2008 at 7:30 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

Monday was quite the day for economy-themed sound bites from the major political parties' presidential campaigns. A drop in the Dow Jones industrials of more than 500 points — the ... Read more..

McCain, Palin get better ‘bounce’

September 9, 2008 at 8:30 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | 3 Comments »

In a development that I'm sure irks MSNBC's Keith Olbermann, it appears that Republican John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, got the better of the post-convention "bounce" that ... Read more..

Getting to know Sarah Palin

September 2, 2008 at 8:30 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in Republican Convention, environment, news, politics | 4 Comments »

Call the “hockey mom” the “hockey grandmamma.” The presidential horse race is officially off and running — get used to daily bombshells such as yesterday’s news: that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s unmarried, ... Read more..

Joe Biden’s the pick for Obama

August 23, 2008 at 10:46 am by Ben Pillow
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In case you missed the 3 a.m. text from the Barack Obama campaign, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's candidate for vice president.   I'm sure your first thought is, "Three ... Read more..

Obama VP announcement expected this week (reportedly)

August 19, 2008 at 8:00 am by Ben Pillow
Posted in news, politics | 4 Comments »

It's been tough paying attention to the election of late, what with Baltimore's version of "Shark Week" going on — Michael "I'm at a loss for words" Phelps eating up ... Read more..

The veepstakes for Obama, McCain

August 12, 2008 at 7:30 am by Ben Pillow
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Now that John Edwards has blown his chance to be a vice presidential candidate again in favor of being added to the ever-long list of lying politicians, I thought it’d be a ... Read more..


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