Austin Bay is back home, and he’s rallying the troops–and us. Excellent perspective on the whole bloody thing, in a concise nutshell that includes an analogy to our own Civil War and its aftermath.
Continue reading →It’s summer. I would bet that, right now, the vast majority of you are living in places that are quite warm, not to say hot. I don’t know about you, but although I love summer–glorious flowers, lazy hazy crazy days … Continue reading →
Update: I am currently at work on my next “change” post, and hope to finish it in the next day or two. But I’ve been wrong in those predictions before. The best-laid-schemes and all that, as the poet says: But … Continue reading →
We bloggers do love to pick on journalists. But can you blame us? They so often serve up such tempting food for the picking. Michael Totten has a post about one Andrew Jaspan, who is quoted as saying something so … Continue reading →
Why is Jane Fonda still hated? And why am I bringing this old subject up now? Well, it’s connected with the process of thinking about my “A mind is a difficult thing…” series once again. It’s also connected to a … Continue reading →
With a name like “Neuro-con,” how could I not pay attention? He or she (I don’t really know which at this point) is a new blogger who has chosen to remain anonymous for this reason. Neuro-con is a conservative with … Continue reading →
I thought of an additional New England phenomenon, one I neglected to mention in my recent post on the subject. Call it Fact F. It can be summarized as, “if you need to ask, you shouldn’t be here.” It’s roughly … Continue reading →
Dean Esmay has kindly linked to my post about Bush “mansions,” privilege, (extreme or otherwise), and family political dynasties. In his link, he also kindly offered to post the photo of the other Bush “mansion” if I send it to … Continue reading →
This is my question: was her “kitchen accident” an accident? Suicide bombers are a bizarre and deeply upsetting phenomenon, even in their “ordinary” manifestations (although there is absolutely nothing ordinary about the suicide bombings). But this latest suicide bomber–or attempted … Continue reading →
My projection for when the next post in my “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series will be up: some time during this coming week. We’ll see whether I make it.
Continue reading →garden pride Just testing my ability to post photos. This is my garden (last year), by the way.
Continue reading →It’s simple–Karl Rove just needs an editor. Democrats and liberals are in an uproar about some statements Rove made Wednesday at a Manhattan fund-raiser. In case you were on planet Xenon and missed them, here they are: Conservatives saw the … Continue reading →