Category: Bits and Pieces

[Another bumped reminder about the carnival.] Working through Blog Carnival, I've decided to go crazy and have a carnival of my own. The goal of this first edition to have people submit posts describing their political conversion to conservatism. You can also submit articles to me, and I'll create a

Steve Inskeep interviewed Tony Snow on NPR.  It was an interesting display of style.  Inskeep was on the attack:  You deflect questions by actually focusing on what reporters say, rather than what they mean.  (Implicit was the "How dare you?")  Are you hiding information from us?  Will you hide information

This brilliant statement comes from an op-ed in the WSJ's Opinion Journal that Glenn Reynolds wrote about the fact that parenting is very tiring nowadays, because it has more responsibility — and responsibility of a type that often diminishes rewards: You're responsible for your kids in ways previous generations weren't,

If you've been troubled by the Da Vinci Code (movie and book) and the anti-Catholicism it represents, read Dave Konig's laugh-out-loud column and put all the religion bashing into wonderful perspective.

If you'd like to read a marvelous tribute to President Bush's moral bravery, go here.

I've been sewing for the kids — not because I want to but because I have to.  They need some special clothes for school that I can't find in the store.  I learned how to sew thirty-five years ago, and hated it.  I therefore stopped sewing for thirty-four years.  However,

The New York Times has an article about a sudden trend in naming babies: Chances are you don't have any friends named Nevaeh. Chances are today's toddlers will. In 1999, there were only eight newborn American girls named Nevaeh. Last year, it was the 70th-most-popular name for baby girls, ahead

Phibian, at cdr salamander, has been one of my favorite bloggers, practically from my first day of blogging. He's funny, he has an encyclopedic military knowledge (with emphasis, of course, on things related to the Navy), and he has broad-ranging interests that inform all is posts. Well, unsurprisingly, he's adding

If you're interested in why Zarqawi's blood-saturated moment in the sun may be over, read this.  I'm a sucker for well-written articles that draw good historical parallels.

Last night, I had a miserable dream about being swarmed by alligators as I tried to rescue my children.  One of those dreams where you wake at 3 a.m. with your heart pounding and sweat dripping.  Today, I heard this really unpleasant story.  I'm just grateful that there are no

Am I misremembering, or wasn't Paula Jones castigated as "trailer trash" for having the temerity to tell the truth about Bill?  In other words, at that time, the media couldn't think of worse insult than to say that this woman might live in one of those trailer commuunities.  You know,

One of the delightful things about an expanding readership is the interesting things that come to my email.  One of the less delightful things about being a part-time blogger is the length of time it takes me to read and process these materials.  I thought that I'd take some time