Triumph of Decency
Gerald Ford, like Harry Truman, was a decent man.
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Christmas without Christ?
Lately, I’ve been taking walks around my neighborhood looking at all of the Christmas decorations.
Continue readingWhile Bookworm is on blogging vacation . . .
While Bookworm is on blogging vacation the next two weeks she
Continue readingAnother thing to be thankful for
Thank you all so much for your thoughtful, serious and kind comments on God (see the comments to my Thanksgiving post below). You’ve given me a lot to think about and once again shown the civility and constructive spirit of visitors to the Bookwormroom. I deeply appreciate you all. P.S. The
Continue readingSo now what for Israel?
So Israel has reached a truce in the Gaza without ever getting its soldier back. Five months of “war” was apparently inadequate to either find and release that soldier or persuade the Palestinians to give him up. Looks like Israel, like the United States, has gotten into the bad habit
Continue readingCalifornia’s dishonest bonds
In California we have a variety of bond types, but for purposes of this note, we can talk about just two types — local and state-wide. Local bonds are presented honestly. A voter who approves a local bond is also explicitly approving a special tax to raise money to repay
Continue readingA few things I’m thankful for
Bookworm is off to spend her holiday with family and my family will be coming to my house for the usual turkey dinner. But I do want to take a moment to share a few things for which I’m thankful. I’m thankful that I have the best wife in the
Continue readingMedia bias?
Speaking of Popal, the Fremont, California Muslim man who ran down every pedestrian in sight, remember how quick everyone, including the mayor of San Francisco, was to reassure us that there was no evidence this was a religiously-motivated hate crime (never mind that the fellow went 40 miles out of his
Continue readingWhat effect will the good news have?
If Bookworm were here (she’s on a much needed mini-vacation and will be back tomorrow) she would surely mention that oil prices have dipped below $60 a barrel and are at a 6-month low. Also, the fed declined to raise interest rates for a change. Assuming the good news continues
Continue readingThe disappearing red, white & blue.
I bought a new car the other day, a Buick Lucerne. My LeSabre has served me well for 150,000 miles so I looked forward to my new Buick. It is an excellent car, but one thing bothers me. The LeSabre has the old Buick logo of three shields — one
Continue readingThe Iraq Civil War and American Foreign Policy
Latest word is that over 100 Iraqis per day are dying violent deaths in Iraq. To my untrained eye, Iraqis appear to be killing Iraqis at an increasing rate and American troops are trying and failing to keep the peace. Somehow, America will be blamed. And, in truth, America
Continue readingBad Designs
I’m not sure why I wanted to spend as much time as I did at this site, much less share it in the Bookwormroom, but here it is anyway. How many of these can you figure out without instructions? Guys, would you have misused the mop sink? I would have.
Continue readingSo what would you do?
Me: So, what did you think of the President’s 9/11 speech? My son’s friend: That was terrible, wasn’t it? Me: What did the President say that he should not have said and what did he not say that he should have said? My son’s friend: Uh, I didn’t really listen
Continue readingThree in one?
Picture some super, super power trying to force the United States, Mexico and Cuba to join together as one country. Better yet, because of the religious ramifications, picture trying to forcibly unite Great Britain, France and Italy at the time of Henry VIII. I suspect such moves would meet with
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