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September 2015

September 08, 2015

From the library: Rising to the Challenge by Carly Fiorina

So, first of all, a big "yay" for CNN listening to protests and agreeing to...

September 08, 2015

“One Easy Trick!” for a better Sunday mass

Fun fact: Catholicism and me go way back. True, I didn't make an RCIA profession...

September 07, 2015

Muslim in America, Detroit Riverfront edition

Yemeni from Hamtramck? Iraqi from Dearborn? I don't know but this was a family out...

September 07, 2015

Detroit downtown, riverfront, and jazz festival, September 6, 2015

Our Sunday afternoon: starting at the Campus Martius park, walking to and along the riverfront,...

September 05, 2015

Killing the goose that laid the golden egg, or, Culture Matters

Here's the latest on the stream of refugee-migrants: as you may recall, upwards of 10,000 refugee-migrants...

September 04, 2015

Saudi Arabia is not going to resettle refugees, ‘kay?

Dear Abby*, My elderly mother has been bedridden for the past several years. She has...

September 04, 2015

In the news: transgenderism

First item: Lila Perry, the "transgirl" whose decision to begin changing for gym class in...

September 03, 2015

Why selectivity? From the library: The Tyranny of the Meritocracy by Lani Guinier

Here's a book which I started reading, then forgot about until it was due at...

September 03, 2015

The High-Quality Child Care Tax Credit: Because, apparently, the US is rolling in money

This comes via the Washington Post's Wonkblog, which tries to be data-heavy and, well, wonky,...

September 03, 2015

Chaos in Hungary / Endgame in Syria?

Every day, a new report. Today, the featured article link on Drudge: "Shocking moment desperate...

September 01, 2015

It’s fundraiser season again – ugh!

School's back in session, and fundraising with it -- so much so that there's been...

August 2015

August 30, 2015

Wilfred Sykes, August 13, 2015

I'm late in posting these pictures, of the freighter Wilfred Sykes making its way from...

August 30, 2015

Why was Carly canned? Plus a theory, and from the library: The Big Lie, by Anthony Bianco

I told you a couple days ago that I was working through this whole question:...

August 28, 2015

Do I support Carly Fiorina because she’s a woman? It’s complicated

I'm in the middle of drafting a post in which I attempt to resolve, for...

August 27, 2015

Is the Paleo Diet moral?

Substitute Atkins, or South Beach, or Taubes, or any similar diet that promotes meat-eating, okays...

August 26, 2015

“First Responders” or “Second Responders”? “Heroes” or “Role Models”? Reflecting on the train attack

The kids are at school, I have a mountain of things to catch up on...

August 24, 2015

Is there a hoax being perpetrated in Southfield?

Southfield is a middle-class suburb directly adjoining Detroit. I lived there for the first seven...

August 23, 2015

From the library: Tough Choices by Carly Fiorina

I've posted two excerpts from this book already: a passage on cultural differences, and a...

August 22, 2015

Honor Flight Welcome, August 22, 2015

Was I there as a patriotic supporter of veterans? Actually, my son and I...

August 22, 2015

Planned Parenthood: the media’s chosen their side

As you know if you've been following the reports on the Center for Medical Progress's...

August 22, 2015

Terror attack on the train: Americans rescue the French, again

You've likely seen this in the news: a Moroccan armed with an AK-47, a pistol,...

August 21, 2015

Foodblogging: the secret to crock-pot chicken!

I've tried making chicken in the crock-pot (to be more correct, the slow cooker/crockery-cooker) many...

August 20, 2015

Stop fighting over AP. Replace it!

Here's the context that had me thinking about this: The AP US History battle is...

August 19, 2015

If you’re Singerian about “personhood” will even the latest video perturb you?

If you've been following any of the major conservative news sites or blogs (but not...

August 19, 2015

Prayer request (yeah, from the doubter)

So I know I've said that I'm doubtful about prayers, and what difference they may...

August 18, 2015

Reading Carly Fiorina, on women in business

Again from Tough Choices, pp. 145 - 146. Still reading the book, but an interesting...

August 18, 2015

Still missing the mark: Scott Walker’s Health Plan

(image: Scott Walker, from wikimedia commons, photo by Gage Skidmore) Scott Walker's released his "repeal...

August 17, 2015

Reading Carly Fiorina, on cultural differences

From Tough Choices (FYI: written in 2006, well before HRC's Hard Choices), chronicling an experience...

August 17, 2015

Still not learning the lesson: Pension Spiking

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, here's the latest from the Chicago...

August 16, 2015

AP in IL: an update

Back in May, I wrote about the plan in Illinois to require that all public...

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