Category: Bits and Pieces

I live in a small town of 12,000 people that has a very inviting and walkable downtown. I strolled to the bank yesterday and noticed that a couple of young people had set up a Lyndon LaRouche “Impeach Obama” table directly across the street from the town’s busiest restaurant. As

We spent several delightful hours at the British Museum today. It is an amazing treasure house full of the treasures dug up from the earth or salvaged from the garbage heaps of the non-Western world. That last point is important. I heard someone at the museum claim that the British

Who likes really good, erudite, amusing writing from a milblogger? (At this point, all of you should be waving your hands in the air and hollering “I do! I do!”) Assuming I’ve correctly anticipated your response, I’ve got good news for you. One of my long time military Internet friends

First try at inserting a YouTube video, that is both funny and relevant to our discussion (sort of):   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7stz35gN44&feature=player_detailpage[/youtube]

Zach’s claim that blacks still vote for Democrats “because many Republicans won’t even support the simple justice of laws guaranteeing equal access to public accommodations” is the purest form of nonsense, of course.  There is zero chance that Republicans would take away equal access even if they completely controlled all

DQ asks a very good question: what is the endgame of the Left?   Our alphabet soup group tries to address another good question: why do black people so reliably vote Democrat?   Our responses were many, but they included the argument that poor people have been cultivated by big

I’ve recently read Primetime Propaganda, The True Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, by Ben Shapiro, about which more in a later post or two.  It’s a good book, though it practically ignores whole areas of television programming, those areas that now dominate the ratings and tend

I’ve now had three full days in London, which is enough time to form some impressions.  First, it’s a much cleaner city than I remember from 30 years ago.  The cars burn their fuel more cleanly, the tube trains and buses are new and shiny, the underground is cleaner and

It appears that one of the things that got dropped between the old server and the new is Bookworm’s report on her second day in London, so I’m reposting it:   We spent almost all day today at the Tower of London. It is an amazing structure, encompassing almost 1000

The system problems seem to be slowly working themselves out.  If you are reading this, you are probably back to normal and in the right place.  Let the discussion re-commence.

Hang in there.  There appears to be a problem with the system.  For those who don’t know, whenever you comment, the author of the original post gets an e-mail notification of your post.  I’ve gotten about a dozen notifications for the “Obama as centrist” post, but only 4 are appearing

While still in the US, we sent online and bought Oyster Cards for the kid, giving them discounted tickets on the London metro system. As part of the purchase, we uploaded photos of our children. The tickets had to be picked up in person. Yesterday we went to Victoria Station

Headline in my morning paper yesterday: “Seeking budget middle ground.  Obama stakes out pragmatic centrist stance in push to get conservatives, liberals to agree.” One of the many reasons I think Obama will be very hard to beat in 2012 is that he has proven to be more flexible than

Obama once again showed the true face of a Chicago ward boss when he dangled the threat of interrupted social security and veteran benefits checks over the heads of the American people. This is thug politics. Hopefully, however, the American people will see and understand what is being done. Personally,

Two days ago I made an off-the-top of my head list of positions/beliefs/values that I considered American and anti-American.  Danny and Zach rightly pointed out that many of these might more properly be considered un-American rather than anti-American.  Of course, the leadership of the Left is both.  Consider, for example, Obama’s