It’s very simple…
…Michele’s a parent and Sarah’s a grandparent. Ergo, the sweets.
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Spambot of the day
I’m sure there’s an important message here somewhere, if only we could discern it: Oh how I dear the music punishment from the, everything seemed to be way statesman yeasty than today penalization.
Continue reading →The lame duck that wouldn’t die
The WaPo offers this fascinating glimpse into why the lame duck sessions of Congress have continued despite the obvious need to stop them. It turns out that the 20th Amendment (passed in 1933) was intended to do just that when … Continue reading →
The Dream Act dies–for now
It was only a Dream. Depending on the source, articles describing the defeat of the Dream Act refer to the young people involved as either illegal immigrants (correct) or undocumented immigrants (annoying euphemism). The measure, which would have granted citizenship … Continue reading →
Use Amazon at neo-neocon for those last-minute gifts
It’s getting late, but not too late. There’s still time to use the handy Amazon widgets on my right sidebar to click-though to Amazon and order gifts for all the loved ones, friends, relatives, and business acquaintances on your list. … Continue reading →
Obama: Comeback Kid II?
Bill Clinton did it—at a low political ebb after a Congressional defeat, he returned to the center and won re-election. Charles Krauthammer believes that President Obama has just received concessions via the tax bill that will allow him to do … Continue reading →
Omnibus budget bill: easy come, easy go
It seemed to come out of nowhere, as all these mammoth bills have lately—all two thousand pages of it. For a few days it caused a commotion, but now it has vanished as mysteriously as it came. Or maybe not … Continue reading →
Al Megrahi update
Every now and then I check to see how al Megrahi—the convicted Lockerbie bomber released from prison by Scotland a year and a half ago (how time flies!)—is getting along. When he was allowed to go home to Libya in … Continue reading →
Rumer vs. Carpenter
On this recent thread about singing, commenter “Anne” mentioned a contemporary singer named Rumer and compared her to Karen Carpenter. I’d never heard of Rumer, and so I went to YouTube (never need much urging to take a trip to … Continue reading →
Tax bill stalled
The sticking point at the moment seems to be something to do with tacking on a raise in the estate tax, but you try to figure it out (see also here). It should never have come to this, of course; … Continue reading →
Nuclear attack? Stay put
There’s a sense of deja vu for us boomers in reports such as this one that reflect a renewed government interest in telling people what to do in the case of a nuclear blast. Those of us who go back … Continue reading →
Wallis’s panther
A little interlude to note that the most expensive bracelet ever sold is pretty beautiful, and what a provenance! This is from a recent auction of Wallis Simpson’s jewels: This flamingo pin is pretty fine, too. The Duchess must have … Continue reading →