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February 2010

February 24, 2010

Synchronicity

First, I read this. Then I got an email from Amba, showing me this, which...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

If Obama v Alito were a murder trial -UPDATED

Still lots of talk in the blogosphere about the president calling out a co-equal branch...

January 27, 2010

SOTU Speech Reaction

My Elder Son was on his way home from school and listening to the speech...

January 27, 2010

Obamaporta-prompta; Symptom of Distress?

A Shrinking Presidential Perspective Necessity being the mother of invention, it appears that Barack Obama...

January 20, 2010

Morning muse on Brown's win -UPDATED

Morning is being taken up with bringing the dog to the vet, so I haven't...

January 19, 2010

Brown's Win and Obama's Iraq

Keep on Truckin' Just two quick thoughts on the fascinating and stunning victory of Republican...

January 06, 2010

Neoneocon; Hitler's Germany & US

Neoneocon rouses me from my couch that I may link to her fascinating post, one...

December 2009

December 09, 2009

Congress of Lucy and Charlie Brown

I had a conversation today, with a young adult in my family, a sweet-natured, gentle...

December 09, 2009

Advent pause for weary minds

...and for heavy hearts and broken spirits, too. My Inner Eeyore is out today, and...

November 2009

November 12, 2009

Bang, Zoom! And other questions

Mark Shea, utterly disgusted with the press, and offended by the rank "truthiness" by which...

November 10, 2009

The 'Shut up' President Blames & Aims -UPDATED

On Drudge right now, the question Who To Blame for the massacre at Fort Hood?...

November 08, 2009

The shadow of the jackboot…

I have only just begun to read news about The Ghastly Mrs. Pelosi's machinations, or...

November 04, 2009

NY-23, Free Speech & the Fog -UPDATED

Read this. The internet chapter of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a secret copyright treaty whose...

November 03, 2009

Congratulations Father Jim!

On All Saints Day I linked you to a post for, well, All Saints Day,...

October 2009

October 28, 2009

Would he piss on an image of Obama?

Larry David found comedy fodder in piety on the latest episode of his series, "Curb...

October 14, 2009

Obama: "Not talking…is ridiculous"

My readers have better memories than I do. Today, I got this in the mail...

October 07, 2009

Does Obama know who we are?

The cruelest, most violent Samurai in Japan decides he wants to become enlightened. He bursts...

October 06, 2009

Press fact-checks everyone but Obama

If you have not been paying attention, it's time to start. As you undoubtedly know,...

October 03, 2009

Catching up on random things…

The US has relinquished control of the internet. Most powerful communication tool out there -potent...

August 2009

August 31, 2009

Douthat does Kennedys

Over at the NY Times Ross Douthat does the Kennedy(s) Story better than anyone has...

August 26, 2009

Ted Kennedy, Healthcare & Purgatory – More UPDATES:

Edward Moore Kennedy, 1932-2009 My baby-hood crush on John Kennedy, and my little-girl admiration for...

August 24, 2009

Nibbling at News & Adoring

Did I happen to mention that things are absurdly busy around here? I'm having a...

July 2009

July 28, 2009

Benjamin Franklin, We Need You!

Over the years, Franklin had been developing a social outlook that, in its mixture of...

June 2009

June 26, 2009

Jackson was an IDOL, not an ICON – UPDATE

I have to tell you, I was already sick of hearing Michael Jackson referred to,...

June 17, 2009

A pea too far…

Confederate Yankee has some fun giving a smackdown to Drudge for accusing the White House...

June 12, 2009

George H.W. Bush; Birthday Appreciation

Today is the 85th Birthday of our 41st President, George H. W. Bush. I believe...

June 11, 2009

Obama: the Opposite of America

I had this awful feeling, a few months into Obama's presidency, that he had no...

June 11, 2009

Letterman's Lame Non-Apology -UPDATED

Hey, David Letterman wasn't making sexual jokes about the 14-year old! He was just branding...

June 10, 2009

Off. Steven Tyrone Johns; Holocaust Hero – UPDATED

Don Surber says it's a bad day to be an American. Steven Tyrone Johns Let...

June 09, 2009

600,000 jobs "saved or created"

The intellectually incurious press is in full-obedience mode. If the president wants them to report...