Jello (pudding) treat of the day
And nothing disgusting in this one (although, where’s Trigger? Hmmm.)
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It’s the condescension, stupid: the curse of the progressives
This excellent Slate article can be summarized as follows: if you look down on people, it’s unlikely that they’ll start looking up to you.
Continue reading →Shutdown for computer shut-ins
Yesterday was Mayday. But, moving right along, tomorrow is Shutdown Day, the holiday during which we’re advised to take a holiday from our computers, televisions, and other electronic communication gadgetry. Don’t know if I will. I was about to say … Continue reading →
A host of Maydays
Today is Mayday. As a child I was confused by the wildly differing associations the word conjures up. It’s a distress signal, for example, apparently derived from the French for “come to my aid.” That was the first meaning of … Continue reading →
Mary Mitchell’s defense of “warrior” Wright
Here’s one response to the Obama/Wright brouhaha that lets you know why Obama may have been so reluctant to throw Wright under the bus. It seems that Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell (who is an African-American woman, a fact I … Continue reading →
A jello mold photo a day…
…keeps the appetite at bay. In my continuing effort to explore the dubious joys of the dying art of the jello mold, I found this. Not even the gelatin entries in James Lileks’ “Gallery of Regrettable Food” can match the … Continue reading →
Obama’s judgment: was he really the last to know?
Obama did what he had to do yesterday. He spoke out more forcibly than ever before against Jeremiah Wright’s road show, saying: [Wright’s comments] offend me. They rightly offend all Americans. And they should be denounced, and that’s what I’m … Continue reading →
Attacking Jello mold
Not for the squeamish—especially the squeamish who love jello molds (although perhaps that’s an oxymoron). Consider yourself warned.
Continue reading →Obama’s faces his Sister Souljah moment—or is it his Eagleton moment?
Bob Herbert’s column today happens to be one of the best and most succinct summaries of Obama’s current woes and the character flaws that underlie them. And when a liberal anti-Iraq War (“How long do we want this madness to … Continue reading →
Sanity Squad at 8 PM tonight
Click here to listen as Dr. Sanity, Siggy, Shrinkwrapped, and I discuss the Arab Mind, based on Shrink’s series of the same name.
Continue reading →All you conservatives who don’t plan to vote for McCain—listen up!
This sort of thing is one of the reasons it’s in your interest to vote for him anyway, if you care about the future of the Supreme Court. Or the future of voter fraud. Do you think for one moment … Continue reading →
This isn’t about Obama, promise—it’s about jello molds
Here’s Obama’s most recent attempt to prove his proletarian bona fides: I was raised in a setting with grandparents who grew up in small towns in Kansas, and the dinner table would have been very familiar to anyone here in … Continue reading →