Flag Day–long may it wave
I wrote the following on Memorial Day, but I thought I’d post it again today, since it seems even more appropriate for Flag Day. Flag Day is one of those lost holidays. It was easy to ignore even when I … Continue reading →
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Niger and fistulas and hope
I don’t ordinarily read the Wall Street Journal. It’s one of the periodicals that isn’t available for free online, and I’ve never felt such a deep need to read it that it seemed worth the price to me. But I’m … Continue reading →
You’re next in line, Saudi Arabia: votes for women
When I was in second grade, my class gave an assembly presentation in which each of us read a little speech about some figure in US history, pretending to be that character. I was Susan B. Anthony. Although I no … Continue reading →
Gestating change
It’s been almost exactly a month since my most recent post in the “A mind is a difficult thing to change” series. Some of you may be wondering–well, where’s the next one? It seems these things are so intense to … Continue reading →
The Cats in the Fax
I seem to be on a roll with animal stories. And no, I’m not a fanatical PETA-type person. But even the Cat in the Hat had nothing on these Cats in the Fax when it comes to making serious mischief. … Continue reading →
Dean: winning with morals
Howard Dean is hopping mad: Dean seemed yesterday to embrace his reputation for volatility, saying he is being buoyed by activists and donors. At one point, a Chicago alderman, Joseph Moore, had trouble being recognized; he joked that next time … Continue reading →
Not a shaggy-horse story, either
In the non-shaggy dog story I discussed a few days back, there was a link to a site I found bizarre but charming. Unless you followed my post to its conclusion, though, and clicked on all the links, you may … Continue reading →
More weather complaints
I’m all talk, no action–as in “everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” Since everything is so easy to look up on Google, I just discovered that that quote isn’t by “anonymous,” as I’d thought, but … Continue reading →
It depends what the meaning of “sign” is
I guess my apple is safe–at least for the moment. See this. Kerry has a strange literalism about him. He said he would sign a Form 180; apparently he did sign a Form 180. But how many of his records … Continue reading →
Dr. Sanity on terrorists and the press
I think this article by Dr. Sanity is very–sane. She has done some original work here, analyzing the complex interplay between terrorists and the press and comparing it to the suicidal gestures of Borderline patients and the reactions of their … Continue reading →
The MSM and Lincoln
I’m reading a book I find exceedingly fascinating. It’s called American Brutus, and it’s a fairly new biography of John Wilkes Booth, by Michael W. Kauffman. John Wilkes Booth and Lincoln are two figures about which most of us think … Continue reading →
Lightning
Remember “Operation Lightning” in Iraq? Heard much about it lately? Well, it’s still going on, but I haven’t been able to find any coverage of these events in the MSM. I guess they’re not important. Iraq the Model provides the … Continue reading →