Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
A conversation between Little Bookworm, who is in fifth grade, and me: LB: Can we watch Little Miss Sunshine [an R rated movie]? Me: No. LB: Why not? Me: Because even though it’s a good movie, it’s not appropriate for you. LB: But Michelle watched it. Why did her parents
Continue readingI know you all caught the story about the school in Colorado that banned tag. The school’s primary stated reason for having instituted this ban was to shelter kids they perceived as emotionally delicate: An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed
Continue readingMy mother was very happy as a young bride in Israel. She and my Dad had a wide circle of friends and were making a relatively good living. My Dad, who was a bit of a malcontent, was less happy and kept thinking that America would be a greener pasture.
Continue readingMy son’s Nintendo DS crashed and, as it turned out, he hadn’t saved for quite a while. He lost several special moves and weapons that he’d gathered since the last save. I suggested (sympathetically) that he might want to save more often. His response: “I’m going to sue Nintendo.” I
Continue readingI’m quite heterosexual, but I’ve dreamed for years of having a wife. Turns out I’m not the only one: Now that women have solidly earned their place in the work force, many find themselves still yearning for something men often have: wives. “The thing I most want in life is
Continue readingI’m on another vacation, sitting in a cyber cafe, working at a small computer with a microscopic keyboard, so it must be random thoughts day. Thank goodness DQ is doing the heavy lifting. The first thing that caught my interest is what Mitt said at the debate, which I really
Continue readingThis post doesn’t actually have anything to do with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, but it falls in the genre of people elevating animals over humans — hence the post title. If you’re at all familiar with San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, you know that it is an
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