Category: Bits and Pieces

I just toodled over to Hot Air blog, as I do on a daily basis.  My focus, as always, was on content, although my eye, as always, drifted to the advertising along the right side of the screen.  This Gap ad caught my eye: Can anyone explain to me what

Many (most?) of us, like Bookworm, began our life journey somewhere on the left of the political spectrum and subsequently moved right(eously) toward conservatism and libertarianism. When others make the same journey, at whatever point in life, we revel in their stories, much like Christians witnessing the coming-to-faith of others.

Jonah Goldberg explains perfectly how the Obama Administration understands the true meaning of bin Laden’s death: After hearing the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed, who among us didn’t joyfully shout, “Yes! This is a huge triumph for wind and solar energy!” Or “Wahoo! Now we can get

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiYk8bxO7zQ[/youtube] Incidentally, on June 4, I’ll be attending the Annual Midway Night in San Francisco, celebrating the U.S. Navy’s spectacular victory at Midway.  I mention that fact here because Whittle discusses Midway in his video.  If you’d like a sense of what this wonderful evening is like, here is my

Ideas and ideals are lovely.  I deeply respect principled people who have overarching values that don’t bend in every breeze.  Having said that, we live in the real world, not a fantasy land in which everything plays out as the theorists imagine it will.  The adherence to theory in the

If you cast your eyes to the right, you’ll see that I’ve started a facebook page for my book.  If you feel so inclined, click on the badge (or here) and then, when it takes you to that page, feel free to “like” the page.  No pressure; just a suggestion/request.

When I was growing up, handwriting analysis was a big deal.  Did your writing lean forward?  Then you were an extrovert.  Backwards?  Well, obviously an introvert.  Big loops?  Generous.  Small loops?  Mean and selfish.  I cultivated a forward-slanting handwriting with generous (but not insanely so) loops. I now have serious

I just have to share this one with you, because it’s too delicious to keep from myself.  One doesn’t often see such naked pathology oozing out of a single email. Here’s the background:  My children’s school district gives the children laptop computers, which are an integral part of their curriculum. 

I have to confess that I couldn’t care less about Mother’s Day.  For me, every day is Mother’s Day:  I wake the children, feed the children, ferry the children, educate the children, clean up after the children, nurture the children, cuddle the children, etc.  When they’re not grumpy, they reward

Jon Stewart attacks Republicans.  Jay Leno lightly attacks all politicians and, occasionally, pulls out the really funny guns for real enemies: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kp45btQC0qo[/youtube]

This is right on the money: What I expected on Sunday evening as I waited for Obama to finally appear on television was a more detailed explanation of what transpired, beginning with a brief summary of the intelligence leading up to the operation and ending with photos of the compound

I’m getting afraid to write big posts.  Every time I lavish much time and effort on a post, as I did with the Kornbluth rebuttal, some enormous news story comes along and completely overshadows my efforts.  Incidentally, the stock market also drops when I buy, and rises when I sell.