The NY Times salutes a subway notice demonstrating the proper use of the semicolon. Apparently it’s all too rare a sight nowadays; this bit of punctuation is generally considered an archaic has-been. Well, I protest; I must confess right here … Continue reading →
The Iraqi Parliament has passed some new and potentially significant laws. This particular event should have been the lead article on the front page of every newspaper. It should have been the big subject of all the talk shows. It … Continue reading →
As far as the recent horrific killings at Northern Illinois University go, I’ve said most of what I want to say before, here. As I wrote earlier in connection with the shootings Virginia Tech: Yes, a gun was involved here, … Continue reading →
from Dr. Sanity: You think it’s just a cartoon? Life imitates art. On my walk today I passed a house festooned with red paper hearts, about fifty of them, randomly placed. And then above the window, a big banner that … Continue reading →
It appears that Obama is starting to pull away from Clinton. I’ve made no secret of my preference for Hillary over Obama: I think she’d mount less of a challenge to McCain, but if elected I also think she would … Continue reading →
…you find you’ve written about almost everything. Now that I’m somewhere around my third anniversary of active blogging (yikes! gadzooks! arghhh!) I have to say I never expected to still be doing this at this point. But I continue to … Continue reading →
You all know what day it is. Now get cracking and get something. As for me, it’s a sad sad thing that I can only accept virtual chocolate. And here’s some for all of you:
Continue reading →I write some poetry from time to time, And gravitate to forms, I must confess. I crave some meter and a bit of rhyme. Free verse can be illusory progress. The sonnet with its prescribed fourteen lines Presents a special … Continue reading →
It couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Whodunit? No dearth of suspects, no lack of enemies. All well-deserved, I would imagine. [NOTE: The title of this post comes from the last line of Heart of Darkness, as well as the … Continue reading →
It’s no accident that Obama does well with young voters. There’s something about his rhetoric that especially appeals to the idealism of youth. As Betsy Newmark points out, the young are often “too ignorant of history to realize that change … Continue reading →
The Squad is taking two weeks off the podcast circuit. Till then.
Continue reading →There’s been some hoo-ha in the blogopsphere about a poll asking 2000 high school students to name the ten most famous Americans. Here was their list: 1. Martin Luther King Jr.: 67% 2. Rosa Parks: 60% 3. Harriet Tubman: 44% … Continue reading →