Thomas Kaplan
Stalking famous people, day 2

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 6:05 p.m. — Yesterday was a failure in my ongoing quest to chronicle the pseudo-celebrities who have flocked to the Democratic […]

Klobuchar: ‘Time to elect a president America can trust’

DENVER, 6:00 p.m. — When Amy Klobuchar ’82 was elected to the Senate two years ago, she packed up an old shower curtain and a […]

Elis on the stump

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 3:10 p.m. — This is the first presidential election in 24 years missing an Eli from the top of a ticket, […]

And we’re off!

DENVER, 3:01 p.m. — With three bangs of his gavel, Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean ’71 officially opened the convention. “During our national convention, […]

The story behind ‘Yes We Can’

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 2:23 p.m. — This winter, the musical artist known as will.i.am was feeling blue. His single album had flopped. He had […]

McCain aide to Elis: Stop swooning over Obama

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 11:14 a.m. — This may be the Democratic National Convention, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t a few Republican interlopers in […]

Off message

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 7:01 p.m. — Spotted near the Colorado Convention Center, where many of the convention festivities are being held. At least this […]

Stalking famous people, day 1

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 6:43 p.m. — Why do people like me come to the Democratic National Convention? To pretend we are paparazzi and stalk psuedo-celebrities, […]

Now that’s better

By Thomas Kaplan DENVER, 11:15 a.m. — My plane ride may have just been like any other, but here in Denver, it is another story. […]

Too early to be fired up and ready to go

By Thomas Kaplan WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn., 7:05 a.m. — I came to Bradley International Airport this morning with high hopes. This was not going to […]

Dunne, Computers and the Law professor, dies at 59

Robert Dunne, a computer-science lecturer popular among students for his course on computers and the law, was found dead Saturday in a vacation cottage he […]