Journolist: Listening So You Don't Have To!
Git along little dawgies Over at RCP Jay Cost is asking what’s so bad about journolisters? It’s a good piece, and I urge you to read it, but here’s what I think: Journolisters discourage listening...
View ArticleThe Clampdown; Shirley Sherrod & Ken Howell – UPDATED
Here we have the presentment of two job losses: Shirley Sherrod gives a speech; within the speech she indulges in a bit of roundaboutation, saying some things that seemed offensive, until the larger...
View Article"Gender no longer…essential (to) marriage"
In an utterly unsurprising ruling, and one that is inarguable if one is peering through the narrowed prism of stringently secular law, and reducing marriage to a sort of contractual partnering, Judge...
View ArticleObama Refuses Perry's Letter
What kind of president is this? All hat, no cattle Gov. Rick Perry’s meeting at the Austin airport with President Barack Obama on border security lasted a mere 34 seconds, and Perry had to hand a...
View ArticleWondering about Ameridolotry, Krugman, Absorption…
My plan to work, work, work, today is being interrupted by a family situation that needs attending-to (nothing awful, but important, nonetheless) so here’s some interesting stuff I meant to respond to...
View ArticleWill Lame Ducks Turn on Pelosi-Reid?
Instapundit writes: “PUNT! Democrats put off votes to extend Bush tax cuts until after midterm election. Of course, the uncertainty this creates will probably hurt job growth in the intervening...
View ArticleRation me? Hey, Ration U2! – UPDATED
Regular readers know I am a big U2 fan. I’ve even slipped U2 songs into previous Advent posts. But if the phonies in Cancun are going to start talking about rationing the lives of others in order to...
View ArticleNot Incompetence; Planned Chaos – UPDATE
Over at The New Editor, Tom Elia has a a Michael Ramirez cartoon that depicts Obama dressed up in a super-hero costume, but unable to get out of the phone booth. “Captain Incompetence.” I dunno if he’s...
View ArticleDC's Bad Kabuki & the Next Chapter of Trouble – UPDATES
Clearly, what we are getting out of Washington is not leadership, not from anyone. It is spitefulfulness; it is deceit; it is hyperbole unto madness and maneuvering and masterful manipulation, but it’s...
View ArticleFailing…in love again
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.” – First reading at Mass, from 1 John 4:17-18...
View ArticleThe Art of the Painless Coup
On Twitter, Ron Fournier post his latest piece, here, with a glum, “We can’t trust Hillary. Her team is convinced trust doesn’t matter to voters!” To which I replied: “[They] Might be right; a majority...
View ArticleSherrod Blames NAACP for Resignation – UPDATED
Shirley Sherrod is blaming the NAACP for her resignation/firing, and she is right to: Asked about the NAACP’s actions during an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Sherrod said the only reason the video...
View ArticleJournolist: Listening So You Don't Have To!
Git along little dawgies Over at RCP Jay Cost is asking what’s so bad about journolisters? It’s a good piece, and I urge you to read it, but here’s what I think: Journolisters discourage listening...
View ArticleThe Clampdown; Shirley Sherrod & Ken Howell – UPDATED
Here we have the presentment of two job losses: Shirley Sherrod gives a speech; within the speech she indulges in a bit of roundaboutation, saying some things that seemed offensive, until the larger...
View Article"Gender no longer…essential (to) marriage"
In an utterly unsurprising ruling, and one that is inarguable if one is peering through the narrowed prism of stringently secular law, and reducing marriage to a sort of contractual partnering, Judge...
View ArticleWondering about Ameridolotry, Krugman, Absorption…
My plan to work, work, work, today is being interrupted by a family situation that needs attending-to (nothing awful, but important, nonetheless) so here’s some interesting stuff I meant to respond to...
View ArticleRation me? Hey, Ration U2! – UPDATED
Regular readers know I am a big U2 fan. I’ve even slipped U2 songs into previous Advent posts. But if the phonies in Cancun are going to start talking about rationing the lives of others in order to...
View ArticleNot Incompetence; Planned Chaos
Over at The New Editor, Tom Elia has a a Michael Ramirez cartoon that depicts Obama dressed up in a super-hero costume, but unable to get out of the phone booth. “Captain Incompetence.” I dunno if he’s...
View ArticleDC's Bad Kabuki & the Next Chapter of Trouble – UPDATES
Clearly, what we are getting out of Washington is not leadership, not from anyone. It is spitefulfulness; it is deceit; it is hyperbole unto madness and maneuvering and masterful manipulation, but it’s...
View ArticleFailing…in love again
“There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment, and so one who fears is not yet perfect in love.” – First reading at Mass, from 1 John 4:17-18...
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