Category: Bits and Pieces

We finally got to London late last night after an epic journey that saw us traveling to Paris and Milan before finally reaching London. The price of cheap tickets is a 26 hour trip to London. We arrived in one piece, although my son’s luggage seems to have struck out

Some random observations from my trip:   I miss the days of simply walking up to a plan and boarding. I miss the days of having a water bottle with me — from home — that I could take on board. I dislike the frenzy of ripping off jackets and shoes

God bless Zach.  He is an endless source of questions well worth asking and answering.  In comments to yesterday’s thread, he pointed out that the Left spans a spectrum from moderate to Marxist and that the Left has changed over time.  Well, yes and no.  True, there are moderates on the Left,

With all the ongoing debate on this blog between a consensus view (97% of all readers) and a tiny minority of skeptics regarding whether the economy and unemployment are really bad (or not) and how well the Keynesian economic stimuli have worked (or not) and whether or not it is

People who allow their dogs to do their business in other people’s yards and don’t clean up after them should be tortured for three weeks, then executed!  Just kidding.  I think.

The first installment in Bookworm’s travelogue. Travel with my kids has already been broadening. As we ran our last minute errands this morning, I explained to my kids that they were not to contradict Mommy and Daddy if they heard us tell a lie. If we did so, I assured

From time to time while she is gone, Bookworm will be sending me e-mails to post in the Bookwormroom.  Here is the first: Charles de Gaulle airport is a microcosm of France:  the design is fabulous and the function disastrous. Also, my personal opinion here, but while the French men

In another thread, I asked whether there was any debate that Hollywood movies push a depraved and left-leaning, anti-American political agenda.  Rather than answer, Zach deflected the question.  I asked again.  Zach deflected again.  I suppose he could hardly deny it and didn’t want to admit it.  Anyway, it occurred

My first inkling that something was going very wrong happened whilst I was attending a professional meeting deep in the bowels of a professional hotel. I and some other attendees were joking about how we were roaming the room, looking for active bars on our Androids and I-phones. An international

You’ve probably noticed that I haven’t been blogging as much the last couple of days (or even the last several days).  I’ve certainly been aware that I haven’t spent as much time writing as I would like.  The reason is simple:  packing.  We’re heading off on a month long trip,

What more can be said than this? Was anyone able to spot our alphabet soup friends in the Gaza flotilla videos?   [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5CsGViY5JQ&feature=player_embedded#t=181s[/youtube]   h/t Gateway Pundit

A few month ago, I posted a letter my wife (who works for the IRS) received.  I was upset at the political tone of the letter, which seems to place of the blame for budget problems on the Republicans and pictured Obama as fighting night and day to do the

As she explains in this post, Phyllis Chesler has long been a prophet, telling the world at large about Islam’s true nature, whether in its conflict with Jews, women, or the West in general.  Often, she was a lone voice in the wilderness.  She needs financial help now.  She’s looking

For July only, my book, The Bookworm Turns: A Secret Conservative in Liberal Land, is free at Smashwords.  (My apologies to those who spent hard-earned cash on the book before Smashwords made this sale a possibility.)  If you like the book, leave a review at Smashwords or Amazon, or just

An engaging member of the alphabet cohort, a fine product of the American education system, proposes a wickedly simple cure for Mother Gaia’s fever complaint: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-PG_OKjw4o&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] [h/t Captain Capitalism]