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February 2014

February 10, 2014

Fourth Financier Suicide After Brutal Self-Torture

Yes, the headline sounds appalling and weird, because the story is appalling and weird. On...

May 2012

May 07, 2012

Ryan’s Budget, Catholics and Colbert – UPDATED

When a friend of mine sent this clip from the Colbert Report -- a chat...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

Hilary Rosen, Ann Romney and the Credentialists – UPDATES

Although I use it during the day mostly to promote Patheos writers, after hours I...

April 11, 2012

Prayers for Kitty and Three Others…

Some of you may remember that about six months ago my son's fiance "Kitty" dealt...

December 2011

December 09, 2011

Pawn Shop Shopping? I do it!

Drudge links to this story: Doing your holiday shopping at the pawn shop? WWJ’s Sandra...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

OWS: This Food is for the Privileged! UPDATED

Delicious Irony: The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday --...

October 26, 2011

President O-Irony

Hot Air, taking another look at the "bungled" negotiations that will prevent the U.S. from...

October 25, 2011

Church, Economic Reform and Consolation – UPDATED

In the comments section of this piece, some appear to be wondering whether I am...

October 24, 2011

As with every Vatican Pronouncement…

. . . take media reports of this one with a grain of salt. When...

September 2011

September 07, 2011

"Up-to-$800" My Precious!

I have to be honest, I don't really understand this: The president’s Labor Day speech...

September 05, 2011

Labor Day: Steyn on 16 Tons — UPDATED

If Mark Steyn were not such a brilliant social analyst (here's my take on his...

August 2011

August 12, 2011

Three More Little Words UPDATED

In the post below, we look at Three Little Words -- "Don't be afraid" --...

August 07, 2011

"So, we can't laugh at Canada, anymore?"

Discussing the S&P downgrade with a young person today, I mentioned this chart, showing the...

June 2011

June 01, 2011

It's a Consensus! Better Listen! – UPDATE

Instapundit notes the economic news is pretty darned bad, and links to this smart stuff....

December 2010

December 17, 2010

Apparently National Buildings Are Warm

I was grousing below about--among other things--being cold in my house as we try to...

December 17, 2010

"The Big Cover" of Government Solutions UPDATED

Winter is promising to be a home-heating oil budget-buster and so my husband and I...

October 2010

October 28, 2010

"Bush tax cuts created deficit" Not.

I'm tired of hearing the Democrats and my hate-mailers stupidly try to pin our historic...

October 08, 2010

Unemployment Numbers & a Timely Meditation

The unemployment numbers are looking pretty dismal and bleak, aren't they? A while back, I...

August 2010

August 18, 2010

Being Willing to Endure Tough Times

Skojec Kid in Bookcase I love Steve Skojec's photograph of one of his sons self-crammed...

July 2010

July 03, 2010

Markets and Marxists – UPDATED

Passed along to my by one of my sons. The thoughts are not original, but...

June 2010

June 02, 2010

Blood from Turnips, Money from the Broke

The government does not seem capable of practicing simple reasoning, here. My 10 year old...

May 2010

May 18, 2010

The Wussification of the Workplace- UPDATES

:::WARNING: The very funny and insightful essay and link I am about to present to...

March 2010

March 25, 2010

Randomness & Event Horizon – UPDATED

Getty Images Rarely has the introduction of a work of art struck me as so...

March 02, 2010

This Unemployment is Killing Us!

Most Americans think inflation is bad for everyone while unemployment is bad only for the...

February 2010

February 24, 2010

G. Washington, S. Brown & Idealism

This is both interesting and sad: Over at dotCommonweal, Robert Imbelli had a brief post...

February 10, 2010

Global Recession & Low Birthrate -UPDATED

Margaret Cabaniss has a knack for finding the most interesting headlines, and this one is...

February 03, 2010

Evil Tax Cuts & Humpty Words

Like Instapundit, I have no problem with inaccurate news stories being corrected (although pulling them...

January 2010

January 21, 2010

Unexpected? Again?

They keep using this word, "unexpectedly". The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits...

January 07, 2010

Random Must-Reads

Collected in my tab-bar since I started feeling cruddy - might as well share with...

December 2009

December 04, 2009

Advent: Bailey, Roarke and Us

One of the best things about this season is that, invariably, someone writes about It's...