Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This is an exercise in pure speculation. I invite all here to bring their own notions to the table. An old friend of mine visited me last Saturday to catch up on things. We walked my dog and began a long conversation that ended later in my backyard over coffee
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Continue readingMom’s in the hospital again and suffering greatly, not in body, but in mind. She’s mildly delusional, and very paranoid, angry and anxious. I can’t imagine how grim it is to live in her head. I slipped away for an hour and had lunch with Don Quixote. Our conversation turned
Continue readingOK, I’ve been mulling (as in mulled wine) Earl’s gingerbread pudding recipe (and thank you for introducing us to Earl’s blog and photo). Hmmm…I need to try this, but probably won’t be able to until between X-mas and New Year. Those of you that know me, know that I am,
Continue readingIf you’ve been wondering what will happen if the North Pole ever falls under federal aegis, wait no more. The answer is here: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0J0ZD6MK0rM[/youtube]
Continue readingHanukkah starts tomorrow night at sunset. David Goldman explains beautifully how important this holiday is to our modern understanding of individual freedom, the value of life, and faith in God. It is not, and shouldn’t be, Christmas’ echo. Each holiday is an important remembrance in its own right. And here’s
Continue readingI am buried under laundry, house cleaning, caring for parent and children, organizing photos to be digitized (half price, thanks to a Groupon), getting out Christmas cards created and sent, and paying bills. Coherent thought eludes me. Cogent essays are an impossibility. But, all is not lost! Even as I
Continue readingPlease forgive me in advance for committing quite possibly the worst punning offense ever seen at this blog. Back in the 1970s, after assassinating San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, Supervisor Dan White’s legal team came up with the novel line of defense: Dan White couldn’t help
Continue readingIt was inevitable, but that doesn’t make Christopher Hitchens’ death less sad for those of us who valued and enjoyed his intellectual honesty, brilliant writing, and all around caustic joie de vivre. Christopher Hitchens — Requiescat in pace.
Continue readingYou’ve been to other sites that have words that are randomly highlighted. When your cursor accidentally drags over those words, an ad pops up. I’ve now joined those ranks. If the highlighted words are too irritating, I’ll stop. Truthfully, though, much as I love blogging, I would also love to
Continue readingBret Stephens, writing about his father’s dying. (Not his death, but his dying.)
Continue readingMy poor mother got hospital delirium last night. The nurses called me at 5 a.m. in the hopes that hearing my voice would help orient her. It didn’t. “You’re not my daughter. I don’t know who you are, but my daughter wouldn’t have put me in this awful place.” Mom
Continue readingMy Mom, thank goodness, is not dying or, more accurately given her advanced age, she’s not dying imminently. The problem is that she thinks she’s dying. She has a benign, but very unpleasant, heart condition. Every time it acts up, and it acts up with increasing frequency as she ages,
Continue readingI am not by nature a ministering angel. If I had to describe myself, it would be as competent and reasonably kind, but also self-centered and lazy. I’m therefore surprised every morning when I wake up and remember all over again that mine is the life of a caregiver: a
Continue readingAmerica’s old Secretary of State is Hillary Clinton. Although she still holds the job, Keith Koffler points out that there’s also a new sheriff in town: In the past couple of months, Biden traveled to Greece, Turkey, and Iraq, held an important call with President Saakashvili of Georgia, met with a
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