Month: July 2011

It appears that one of the things that got dropped between the old server and the new is Bookworm’s report on her second day in London, so I’m reposting it:   We spent almost all day today at the Tower of London. It is an amazing structure, encompassing almost 1000

The system problems seem to be slowly working themselves out.  If you are reading this, you are probably back to normal and in the right place.  Let the discussion re-commence.

Hang in there.  There appears to be a problem with the system.  For those who don’t know, whenever you comment, the author of the original post gets an e-mail notification of your post.  I’ve gotten about a dozen notifications for the “Obama as centrist” post, but only 4 are appearing

While still in the US, we sent online and bought Oyster Cards for the kid, giving them discounted tickets on the London metro system. As part of the purchase, we uploaded photos of our children. The tickets had to be picked up in person. Yesterday we went to Victoria Station

Headline in my morning paper yesterday: “Seeking budget middle ground.  Obama stakes out pragmatic centrist stance in push to get conservatives, liberals to agree.” One of the many reasons I think Obama will be very hard to beat in 2012 is that he has proven to be more flexible than

Obama once again showed the true face of a Chicago ward boss when he dangled the threat of interrupted social security and veteran benefits checks over the heads of the American people. This is thug politics. Hopefully, however, the American people will see and understand what is being done. Personally,

Two days ago I made an off-the-top of my head list of positions/beliefs/values that I considered American and anti-American.  Danny and Zach rightly pointed out that many of these might more properly be considered un-American rather than anti-American.  Of course, the leadership of the Left is both.  Consider, for example, Obama’s

We finally got to London late last night after an epic journey that saw us traveling to Paris and Milan before finally reaching London. The price of cheap tickets is a 26 hour trip to London. We arrived in one piece, although my son’s luggage seems to have struck out

Some random observations from my trip:   I miss the days of simply walking up to a plan and boarding. I miss the days of having a water bottle with me — from home — that I could take on board. I dislike the frenzy of ripping off jackets and shoes

God bless Zach.  He is an endless source of questions well worth asking and answering.  In comments to yesterday’s thread, he pointed out that the Left spans a spectrum from moderate to Marxist and that the Left has changed over time.  Well, yes and no.  True, there are moderates on the Left,

With all the ongoing debate on this blog between a consensus view (97% of all readers) and a tiny minority of skeptics regarding whether the economy and unemployment are really bad (or not) and how well the Keynesian economic stimuli have worked (or not) and whether or not it is

People who allow their dogs to do their business in other people’s yards and don’t clean up after them should be tortured for three weeks, then executed!  Just kidding.  I think.

The first installment in Bookworm’s travelogue. Travel with my kids has already been broadening. As we ran our last minute errands this morning, I explained to my kids that they were not to contradict Mommy and Daddy if they heard us tell a lie. If we did so, I assured

From time to time while she is gone, Bookworm will be sending me e-mails to post in the Bookwormroom.  Here is the first: Charles de Gaulle airport is a microcosm of France:  the design is fabulous and the function disastrous. Also, my personal opinion here, but while the French men