Category: Bits and Pieces

Kevin directed me to a Jonah Goldberg article about the increasing compulsion to ban just about everything: The New York Post recently compiled a list of the things that the New York City Council tried to ban – not all successfully – just in 2006 alone: pit bulls; trans-fats; aluminum

I’m ever so slowly working my way through my email, and finding some gems.

I’m baaaack … and I’m completely out of touch. I’ve been two weeks without newspapers, news, or the internet. All I know is that Saddam was executed. It’s going to take me a little while to come up to speed, but I will spend the next few days dribbling out

Still no word from Bookworm, which gives me a chance to talk about (and ask about) something that I had intended to blog on

Looks like Bookworm is still unavailable, so I’m back and looking at bumper stickers again.

One of the threads below discusses the concept of “total war.”

Tonight’s topic is a little drier, but I’m interested in your thoughts on the matter.

Helenl has been capably and politely arguing a deeply religious liberal position in the last few threads, and her comments got me to thinking.

Saddam Hussein was responsible for many thousands of deaths and unimaginable misery.

In the thread two below this one, the Bookwormroom readers have engaged in a fascinating discussion of race and racism in America, which I encourage you all to read and add to.

Family’s here and dinner’s almost ready, so no time to blog.

You might think that the holiday season is ending, but, in fact, we’ve got another holiday coming up in a couple of weeks — Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.