Labor Day is the bookend on the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long light-filled days ahead. But Labor Day is summer’s last gasp, the moment … Continue reading →
I hate, hate, hate the new YouTube format. I am not alone in this, although plenty of people like it as well. You may not have noticed it, but it happened a few days ago. It happens now and then—you’ve … Continue reading →
So, what’s going to happen with DACA? I’ve read a number of articles on the right recently that mull over what Trump will do—will he preserve it or won’t he?—and a bunch more about the pernicious Republicans in Congress wanting … Continue reading →
The young man in the following video tells his political change story, and in doing so he describes a process that I think—having contemplated the process of political change myself for about a decade and a half—is the heart of … Continue reading →
This one: Looks bad for the cop, who is a Salt Lake City police detective. He must have known it was being recorded, too. I can’t find anyone defending this guy, but if you go to the YouTube comments for … Continue reading →
Molly Worthen has written an article in the the NY Times recommending the memorization of poetry: Since ancient times, humans have memorized and recited poetry. Before the invention of writing, the only way to possess a poem was to memorize … Continue reading →
Commenter “parker” writes: …it is simple, but it seems simple is difficult to understand. Never go to war unless we are prepared to use all of the force we can muster to bring the enemy to a state of being … Continue reading →
I find that as a blogger I often bite off more than I can chew. Or maybe it’s more accurate to say more than I intended to chew. My estimates of how much time and effort a post will take … Continue reading →
I’ve spent a lot of verbiage on the Vietnam War over my years of blogging. All you have to do is look at the category “Vietnam” on the right sidebar, and you’ll see that the number of posts on the … Continue reading →
Not bad, eh? I was also here: Note the piece of rainbow.
Continue reading →Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the NY Times has been thrown out of court: This is a case where the NY Times Editorial author James Bennet claimed to be so ignorant, so uninterested in doing any research, and so oblivious … Continue reading →
Just to prove how trivial the Twitter conversation can be, we have Stilettogate over this fashion choice of Melania Trump’s on the way to board a plane to view the floods of Texas: Personally, I’m in extreme awe that Melania … Continue reading →