Author: Don Quixote

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

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,

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

In another thread, I asked whether there was any debate that Hollywood movies push a depraved and left-leaning, anti-American political agenda.  Rather than answer, Zach deflected the question.  I asked again.  Zach deflected again.  I suppose he could hardly deny it and didn’t want to admit it.  Anyway, it occurred

A few month ago, I posted a letter my wife (who works for the IRS) received.  I was upset at the political tone of the letter, which seems to place of the blame for budget problems on the Republicans and pictured Obama as fighting night and day to do the

“Feminists for animal rights.”  Supply your own punch line.

DQ again.  Sometime, I’m going to do a post on pop lyrics, on how the young men pine for the love of a young lady while the young ladies are sluts.  But one song so stands out as downright scary that it can’t wait.    We all know that rap lyrics are filthy

I don’t know how many Bookwormroom readers follow American Idol, but the American Idol crowd is all abuzz at the voting out of Pia Toscano last night. Ms. Toscano has an amazing voice, probably the best of all of the candidates. Nearly everyone is shocked that she is gone. I’m not. She

Please, somebody explain this to me.  I’ve heard it reported that the original problems with the reactors were caused by the power going off when the earthquake hit.  Of all places, wouldn’t one expect a nuclear power plant to have a failsafe emergency backup power generator?  Was there no such backup power or