[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post.] Today is the Fourth of July, our Independence Day. Although the focus is on fireworks—a tradition I intend to perpetuate this evening—deep down, this particular holiday is really about American history. … Continue reading →
A mother performs a heroic act to save a child. Somebody else’s mother, and somebody else’s child. The girl, named Zhang Fangyu but known by the nickname Niu Niu, was in the care of her grandmother Saturday afternoon when the … Continue reading →
Since “generic Republican” has been doing so well against Obama, can we just skip the Republican convention and say the nominee will be “a player to be named later?”
Continue reading →Hold the presses! The news is that Michele Bachmann won’t ever be able to get a job teaching American history. Neither will Obama. But of course that’s not important, and Bachmann is.
Continue reading →…be our next president?
Continue reading →…that it’s Jon Stewart who’s misinformed.
Continue reading →[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a post I wrote last year.] It hardly seems possible that two years have now passed since the tragic and untimely death of FredHJr, one of the most memorable and prolific commenters … Continue reading →
…may not be coming down for dinner.
Continue reading →I haven’t dealt with the Gunwalker controversy up to this point, but I guess it’s time. Here’s a summary of the timeline, and here’s a discussion at Ace’s of the issues involved, and what might be behind the whole thing. … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →
…going, but not gone. But soon. Very soon.
Continue reading →…is funnier than the original joke: I like this joke better, anyway:
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