Month: July 2011

My son and I spent the morning on a cruise ship-sponsored tour to Olympia. As I wrote Mr. Bookworm, who is still at the hospital with my other little Bookworm, I don’t regret going, but it’s questionable how much they actually missed. As was the case with Olympia in ancient times,

Sadie suggested the following topic for discussion, which fits nicely into the discussion we’ve been having: “Interesting article and graph at NRO. We have spent considerable time discussing the debt ceiling, entitlements and what we believe should or should not happen. So many facets to the American way of life

With more information emerging from Oslo, I understand that the killer, a man with the blood of almost 100 innocents staining his hands, was a fierce opponent of Islamic immigration in Europe and that he claimed to be a Christian. We can anticipate that foes of illegal and unlimited immigration,

I’d like to tell you how beautiful Corfu is — but I can’t. I’d like to tell you about the sparkling waters — but I can’t. I can tell you, however, that they’ve been very attentive at the clinic where my little Bookworm is having her appendix removed. She’s in

The other day, a Republican spokesperson, I think it was Michele Bachmann was asked what bills the Republicans were saying should not be paid if the debt ceiling is not extended.  She determinedly refused to answer.  But, if the Republicans are going to actually refuse to lift the ceiling, they

We spent the day in and around Dubrovnik, in Croatia, on the northeastern edge of the Adriatic, roughly across the waters from Venice. If you like your history old, Dubrovnik is the perfect place to visit, because it is a gem-like medieval walled city. The current version of the city

Danny and CM have been doing the heavy lifting today, so let me just jump in with a quick hit.  I plan on doing a longer piece sometime on today’s song lyrics, but one current song worries me and I wonder if I worry needlessly.   Picture a teenage girl who has

The Irish love good humor. Democrats, not necessarily. That’s probably why Alicia Colon felt a need to contribute this expose of O’bama’s brilliant sense of humor to an Irish paper (the Irish Examiner). http://www.irishexaminerusa.com/mt/2011/07/19/the_unbelievable_brilliance_of.hml [h/t James Taranto’s “Best of the Web” in the Wall Street Journal) Here’s a teaser: “Obama’s

An interesting news item today relates how Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel got very testy with an interviewer when she asked him why he is sending his two children to a private rather than a public school. I’m not particularly dismayed at Emanuel for resenting the question—New Jersey Governor Christie recently told

We arrived in Rome late Tuesday night, but didn’t have to board our cruise ship until 3 pm on Wednesday. The question, of course, was what to do with our morning. We elected to pay a small fortune to hire a private driver so that we could squeeze in a

Here’s a bit of good news: public sector retirees in Central Falls, RI are being asked to “give back” some of their retirement benefits because…there’s no money!   http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/20/us/20centralfalls.html?partner=rss&emc=rss I suspect that many of those affected will have precious few other retirement benefits to fall back upon. This will hurt!

Conservatives think in terms of individuals, liberals think in terms of groups.   That is one of my key takeaways from Kevin Jackson’s autobiographical “The Big Black Lie: How I Learned The Truth About The Democrat Party“. Jackson, black conservative and founder of The Black Sphere blog, grew up in

We’ve had some interesting comments in the last day or so.  JJ has suggested we might have to scrap our government and start over.  Y-man has pointed out that democracy is not the only form of government around.  Moose and others have suggested that eventually the United States may no

During our many days in London, my husband remarked to the kids that London  has a long history.  I thought about that and realized that he’s half right. Yes, it has a long history, but so does every other inhabited place on earth. What distinguishes the British is that they’ve

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