Category: Bits and Pieces

This was an obituary that was meant to be enjoyed, written about a man who clearly lived life to the fullest.  Pay special attention to the penultimate paragraph.

The past was never as good as it now looks.  Just as we forget, as we age, the emotional pains childhood (only to revisit them as we watch our children suffer through the same experience), history tends to take on a romantic patina. Sure, in the pre-industrial age, the countryside

I am 100% opposed to book burning, any book.  You don’t fight ideas by sending the paper on which they’re printed up in flames.  You fight ideas by debate and discourse. Of course, the problem for Westerners, is that the Prophet himself made debate and discourse unlawful.  So what do

I totally forgive Jan Brewer for her brain freeze, because she’s proven to be a clear thinker.  Her ability to think clearly and active decisively is much more important than whether she can turn a pretty phrase. Having said that, I have to admit to suffering from total political lust

I deeply appreciate the emails some of you have sent me asking me if I’m okay.  I live about 25 miles away from the San Bruno fire, so I was totally unaffected by it.  I can see it in my mind’s eye, though.  Growing up in San Francisco, I traversed

L’shana tova!  I hope this marks the start of a wonderful year, not just for Jews, but for everyone.

The Strata-Sphere explains where conservative energy needs to go.  (And be patient if the site doesn’t load.  Apparently it’s been hinky.)  Bottom line:  Washington, California and Wisconsin are the Senate races to watch.  They could be the real game changers.  Here in California, I know that I’m voting for Carly. 

As I’ve mentioned, the money that my readers kindly deposit into my PayPal account is money I earmark for conservative activities.  (I feel that the blog is very much mine, so it’s not as offensive to my husband’s liberal sensibilities to use this money, as opposed to household money, for

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Just asking.  And why is it somehow more intellectually chic to believe in aliens than in God? What’s really embarrassing that it is an atheist (that would be me) who has to ask these questions.

Latma’s back: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flBFgW7S5hU[/youtube] Hat tip:  Sadie

I am very fortunate to part of an email list comprised of some cream-of-the-crop conservative bloggers.  Quite often, the material I link to at my blog comes from these email exchanges.  We discuss news, issues of the day, and just, well, stuff.  Often, through this email list, I get introduced

I was watching Jon Stewart’s show from last week (my husband had TiVo’d it), and Jon did an extended segment on Glenn Beck.  It was, as you can imagine, stupid.  After showing Beck saying “Don’t let the government push you around,” he showed clips of Beck himself telling people what

You all know how often I complain about the way liberals debate — you offer a fact, and they come back with a personal insult.  Marie Stroughter has figured out how to deal with it.  Since she can’t be my Mama (that position is already taken), oh, my gosh!, do

Mr. Bookworm was very excited because both of his favorite publications just proved that the whole Tea Party is a fraud, funded and masterminded by the Koch brothers.  The most recent The New Yorker has an article saying so, and so does the New York Times.  Oh, my God!  It’s