I hate flus
I hate flus. I will try to blog later today, assuming I uncurl from the moaning fetal position.
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As always, Mark Steyn gets it
Mark Steyn: There are several ways to fight a war. On the one hand, you can put on a uniform, climb into a tank, rumble across a field and fire on the other fellows’ tank. On the other, you can find a 12-year-old girl, persuade her to try on your
Continue readingTo thine own self be true
I just got a new computer, and I really want to take some time to set it up. My son has other ideas: “Mommy, I want you to play with me. You’re turning into a boring old lady.” How did he know?
Continue readingDog is my co-pilot
We spent another fruitless couple of hours at our local humane society. This is not the type of humane society that euthanizes dogs, so it doesn’t have any real impetus to get dogs out of the shelter. Instead, it’s goal is to find the perfect home for every dog. And
Continue readingIt’s a lovely idea, but
There’s an NPR story here about music being used as a therapy to aid chronic pain sufferers or the dying. Anecdotal reports are good, but there are no scientific, double-blind, replicable studies yet to back it up. I have my own concern about the practice. I like listening to music,
Continue readingReligion lite
I sort of just sat back and sniggered when the Presbyterian Church (USA), after first attacking Jews decided next to go after men. How else to explain the new doctrine the Church has put into effect: The divine Trinity – “Father, Son and Holy Spirit” – could also be known
Continue readingThere won’t always be an England
How did England so rapidly plummet from the world’s top dog to a nation that has no pride, no sense of its own history (except to be abjectly embarrassed by that history), and no sense of self-preservation. The latter appears in matters large, as in its inability to confront its
Continue readingGovernment’s inability to police fraud
We just got yet another reminder (as if we need one), about Government ineptitude at managing its own programs: Welfare recipients and their friends and relatives are defrauding taxpayers of $500 million a year through the county’s child care programs, a grand jury report concludes. The report released Thursday found
Continue readingDon’t teach better; just teach less ethically.
In yet another reminder that it’s all about the bureaucracy and not about the child, it turns out that California joins the lists of states lying and cheating to get federal funds (and what a good lesson that is to teach our children): California and some other states have inflated
Continue readingI told you so….
Don’t you hate people who say “I told you so”? I do, unless I’m the one saying it. This time, I’m saying it regarding the Israeli troops massed on the Gaza border. But let me back up a bit…. Last night, Mr. Bookworm, who reads only the NY Times, asked
Continue readingA harbinger of what will happen if the Dems take the White House again
I know that many of you are like me in that you’re disgusted with the Republican’s profligacy, as well as with other careless, pandering form’s of government in which Republicans engage. Be assured, though, that “punishing” them at election time, both in 2006 and 2008, will be worse. Why? Because
Continue readingJust how good are they, really?
I spend a lot of time talking to people whose children attend public schools in my fairly affluent area. What always surprises me is the disconnect between the facts they recite and their ultimate conclusion about our school district. Their ultimate conclusion is that the school district is just wonderful.
Continue readingOn the road again….
Sorry for the silence today. I was on the road all day long, and never came near a computer. I’ll be back tonight or tomorrow morning, especially since I’ve had ideas brewing all day long.
Continue readingI’m in trouble
Okay, this is the kind of story that puts me in a panic: Senior moments, such as forgetting a recent conversation, may be a sign of the process that can lead to Alzheimer’s disease, research suggests. US scientists examined the brains of 134 older people who had appeared mentally sharp,
Continue readingWhat does it take for a killer to become a cause celebre?
You all recall the almighty hooha when Stanley “Tookie” Williams, an Original Gang member for the Cribs, and a convicted killer of four, was put to death last year. You’d have thought the State of California was executing Mother Theresa. Today, with almost no fanfare, the State of Texas put
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