Author: Don Quixote

I’m afraid we in the Bookwormroom underestimate Obama.  We believe he is hopeless away from his teleprompters, but he did quite well in an unscripted (if ever-so-polite) exchange with the Republicans.   We think he can’t move to the middle, but he supported Bernanke, shifted his foreign policy away from the positions

Congratulations to jlibson, who was the only one to pick the Saints in the Bookwormroom poll.  No prize, but a years worth of bragging rights to put to use at any time.  And congratuations to the Saints, for a storybook ending to a feel-good story.

Let’s see who can come closest to predicting the winner and final score of the Super Bowl.  The winner gets . . . well, actually nothing except the title of the Bookwormroom’s top prognosticator and a whole year’s worth of bragging rights.  I’ll start by saying Indy wins by a

We spend a lot of time on this blog critizing Hollywood for it’s one-sided view of things, even in fiction (see Bookworm’s post on Avatar for a recent example).  So I must give credit where credit is due.  CSI Miami this week started with a guy about to face the electric chair,

As regular readers know, I like bumper stickers and talk about them regularly.  But every now and then one will bring me up short.  Like today in the parking lot — “Senior for Peace”  For the life of me I couldn’t imagine the thought process behind spending good money to

I don’t have a lot to say about the “retarded” comment by Rahm Emanuel or Sarah Palin’s response, although she certainly has every right to be especially offended.  My question is, if a Republican made the comment, would he keep his job, and if a Republican made the comment would

I didn’t watch the Grammys.  Haven’t in years.  But one news report caught my eye.  Apparently, they were pairing up new acts with old and all went well until they got to the rappers.  By the time the censors got done with their act, it was, so the story said,

That silly American Idol song, Pants on the Ground, actually has a worthwhile message.  All these young men parading around trying to look like ganstas or prison inmates or whatever really are just “Looking’ like a fool with your pants on the ground.”  It reminded me of a young fellow

Why all the fuss about Obama’s criticism of the Supreme Court?  He’s following in a proud tradition.  I’m reminded of Jackson’s classic line, “Mr Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it [some accounts add “if he can”].”  At least Obama hasn’t threatened to pack the Court.

Heard a report on CBS radio today about Obama’s meeting with the Republicans.  According to the report Obama did everything but feed the hungry Republicans from a basket of loaves and fishes.  Figured you folks could give me a reality check.  How did the President do and how did the Republicans

My head hurts so bad it’s the only thing I can think about.  Anybody have any good headache remedies?

I was chatting with my son the other day about music.  He didn’t much like mine (50 years of pop/light rock from the Beatles to Nickleback) because, he said, it was too “radio friendly.”  He then played me the most listened to song on his IPOD, by a guy who

As the American civil rights movement took hold in the 50s, 60s, and 70s, overt expressions of racism all but disappeared from public view.  Rather than celebrating their victory over racism, the academics and activists of the time found a new target — institutional racism.  Since whites controlled the institutions,

It has been my experience that conservative husbands are more appreciative and respectful of their wives than liberal ones.  Bookworm has made similar comments to me.  I believe this is because conservatives on balance take marriage more seriously than liberals, treating it as more of a covenant than a mere

Saw another bumber sticker the other day:  DON’T BLAME ME, I VOTED FOR PALIN.  It actually took me a beat to notice — no mention of McCain.