Longtime columnist and feature writer in the Pacific Northwest, Matthew Thuney has been involved in political issues and campaigns all his life, from Goldwater to McGovern to John Edwards. He sure knows how to pick 'em. "Thuney Casserole," his current blog about country living (with everything from politics to the paranormal--hard to tell them apart these days--thrown in) appears at Wordpress. Matthew welcomes your comments at mdthuney@msn.com.