Category: Bits and Pieces

“Dodo” is a rather childish term to describe someone who is stupid.  I don’t mean it quite that way (although, as you’ll see, the end result is the same).  I’m actually thinking of the poor little dodo, a bird long since extinct because, in relevant part, it couldn’t recognize predators:

Pretty much from the beginning of my life as a blogger, I’ve counted Vasko Kohlmayer amongst my friends.  He is a smart man and a kind man.  He is also an extremely sick man right now, so all prayers and good thoughts for his well-being would be very much appreciated.

Sadie send me a fascinating little link, one that compares traffic at Jihad Watch (which tracks Jihad), Hot Air (which is a very dynamic conservative political website), and Little Green Footballs (which used to be libertarian, but is now pretty Left, although Charles, to give him full credit, continues to

This is the role model we want for our children? Shouldn’t our First Lady promote American designers?  (And is that the ugliest thing you’ve ever seen?)

Sometimes, one blog will have all bases loaded and hit a home run.  For your enjoyment, four things from American Digest: To laugh; To writhe in embarrassment; To get weirdly inspired; And to get that warm, cuddly feeling.

I’ve managed to winnow my emails down substantially by getting rid of the more commercial types, and am now digging into the remaining 200+ substantive emails.  As always, I can’t resist passing many of the links on to you.  Some might be a little dated news-wise, but I think the

Before I say anything else, I have to say just one thing to Don Quixote for the incredible posts he did at this blog while I was away:  THANK YOU!!! I didn’t just leave the blog in good hands; I left it in the best hands.  Now I’m back, though,

First of all, thank you so much to all of you who have paid the Bookwormroom a visit while Bookworm has been gone.  A special thanks to all of you who have taken the time to add your comments.  Bookwormroom readers are the most intelligent, thoughtful and informed people I

Environmentalists invariably start their arguments by asking what kind of world we are going to leave for our children.  But I’ve always thought the greatest sin we’ve committed against our children is living far beyond our means and leaving it for them to pick up the tab.  I believed this

Lazy Saturday and so I’ve got an easy series of questions for everyone.  Who do you think will be the Republican nominee for President in 2012?  Why?  Who do you want to be the nominee?  Why, and if the two answers differ, why don’t you think your candidate will make

In yesterday’s comments, Spartacus has a novel, and very interesting, idea on how to restrain government spending.  I commend it to your reading and I suspect you will be intrigued by it. I’ve been toying for years with a much simpler solution and I’d like your thoughts on it.   Our government (especially

Even the most libertarian portion of my brain recognizes that there must be some taxes for a modern society to function at all.  Given there have to be some sort of taxes, I’ve always thought the inheritance tax was one of the more reasonable ones.  The person from whom the

Charles commented to yesterday’s post that Obamacare and Medicare were different, in that Medicare is for the elderly who, because they are bad risks, cannot get health insurance.  This is, of course, true, though there are plenty of people who are not elderly, but who are nevertheless high risk and