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September 2015

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 16, 2015

AP in IL: an update

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

August 15, 2015

Two quotes on violence

From Under the Same Sky, by Joseph Kim, the memoir of life in North Korea...

August 14, 2015

Sorry, but neither party fits the bill

(A guest post by my husband, er, Mike the Actuary) We hear it every day:...

August 14, 2015

From the library: Under the Same Sky, by Joseph Kim

To begin with: a pet peeve. Many years ago, I read a book called A...

August 11, 2015

Grand Haven, August 11, 2015

August 09, 2015

The prize for “best vacation church” goes to . . .

St. Patrick St. Anthony Catholic Church in Grand Haven, Michigan. I sent my husband and...

August 07, 2015

What the candidates have to say for themselves

Let's look at what the candidates have to say! Chris Christie is at chrischristie.com; his...

August 07, 2015

Debate debrief

So, look, I'm overdue for a discussion of the current crop of GOP candidates (sorry,...

August 06, 2015

Fiorina?

I'm seriously considering her. Reports are, she trounced her fellow early-bird-special debaters. (See here.) I...

August 05, 2015

Reason #4,231 why Illinois s*&^s — child care cuts

(In which I establish the fact that I'm center-right, not a full-blown rightie, and you...

August 05, 2015

For discussion: on adoption

Yeah, this is truly just a question. Imagine that progressives succeed in their vision of...