Unlike most journalists, I believe it's important to give both sides equal consideration in this presidential contest. Also, unlike most journalists, I'm not willing to listen to the candidates themselves. I tried that in 2000 when I went to both conventions. All I learned was that both parties love education, respect the military and greatly prefer the middle class to both poor and rich people.
So if my primary source of election information was going to be seeing the pro--John Kerry Vote for Change tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and R.E.M. next month, I figured I should balance things out by...