Blogging is interesting. One day, you’re totally into it. The next day, you can’t think of anything to write.
And then you make excuses to yourself for it. Excuses like “the template for my blog has gotten old,” or “my web address is childish.”
Today, my fair readers, the well of excuses runs dry. [...]

This blog has been neglected for its far busier cousin, Iowa Independent, where I have been spending most of my time.
But not to fear, I will be posting ideas as they come into my head to this blog over the coming days. And once the caucuses are over, I’ll continue writing about the presidential [...]

(Hat-tip Ben Smith.)

Tonight, I’ll be in Iowa City on the campus of the University of Iowa for the CNN/Nevada Democratic presidential debate. Iowa Independent has gotten together a group of undecided Iowa college students to watch the debate, and I’ll be asking them questions in a focus group-style discussion afterwards. Video of it will be [...]

I’m going to be the guest on Wisconsin Public Radio in about two minutes. I’ll be talking with host Kathleen Dunn for the 9 o’clock hour during the program she calls “All Things Political.” Last time I did it, it was an interesting time. This time, the main topic will be the [...]

Said John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. And we did. But nobody in presidential politics wanted to talk about anything but Tuesday night’s debate. Sen. Hillary Clinton has hardly even tried, it seems, to take our minds off of it (which, I suppose, says something about what her campaign is thinking).
So I’m [...]

Since last night’s Democratic debate (I wrote my analysis here), I have been in a thinking mood. I had a really interesting discussion (some might say “argument”) with Taylor Marsh on her show this afternoon, and I have been watching the political coverage online and on TV, but mostly I have been trying to [...]

In case you’d like to hear what I sound like with allergies, you can listen to me live on Taylor Marsh’s webcast at 3PM eastern, 2PM central today.
I had a nice conversation with Taylor yesterday, and we’ve made arrangements for me to come on her show to talk about the presidential race in Iowa every [...]

As you may have noticed, I have completely redesigned Chase Martyn On Display. It started with small changes here and there, but on the way I decided that I might as well start from scratch. As has been mentioned to me by many friends, the old design didn’t exactly exude credibility. In [...]

Monday morning at 9:30AM, I’ll be on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “All Things Political” for the half hour. The guest preceding me (starting at 9)? David Yepsen. Should be worth listening to the whole show — which, conveniently, you can do at WPR.org.