(1) Kevin McCarthy is leaving the House at the end of 2023. Unsurprising, but not laudable. There will be a special election, and his district is very red. Who might replace him? (2) Liz Cheney is thinking of a third-party … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a heavily revised version of a previous post.] This is the first night of Chanukah, and I wish everyone a happy one. Chanukah is about a successful revolt and a miracle of light: The miracle of the … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a revised and expanded edition of a post first published in 2006.] Eighty-two years ago today Pearl Harbor was attacked. That’s long enough ago that only a vanishing few remember the day and its aftermath with any … Continue reading →
Tis the season:
Continue reading →Women and men were assaulted: In a report detailing allegations of severe and widespread sexual abuse by Hamas terrorists during their October 7 onslaught and later against hostages, a doctor who treated some of the 110 hostages released from captivity … Continue reading →
The FBI’s pursuit of supposed Catholic terrorists [emphasis mine]: The Committee on the Judiciary and the Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government have been investigating the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) categorization of certain Catholic Americans as … Continue reading →
When I started this blog almost two decades ago (!), my main motivation was to tell my change story. It seemed interesting to me but not so very out of the ordinary. But since then, although I’ve followed the tales … Continue reading →
The extreme demonization of Donald Trump continues, with articles such as this one by Robert Kagan. Oh, the horror of a possible Trump presidency: Republicans who have tried to navigate the Trump era by mixing appeals to non-Trump voters with … Continue reading →
A nightmare is different than an anxiety dream, although the latter is bad enough. But whereas an anxiety dream makes a person feel uneasy, a nightmare transports the dreamer into a world of pure evil in which the sleeper feels … Continue reading →
I took this photo yesterday when a saw a rare cloud formation called cloud iridescence. That Wiki link says it’s a common phenomenon, but most other sites say it’s rare or relatively rare. Go figure.
Continue reading →Remember what Osama bin Laden said: “When people see a strong horse and a weak horse, by nature they will like the strong horse.” That is especially true in the Middle East. The Biden administration has been perceived as a … Continue reading →