Conservatives deal with facts and reach conclusions; liberals have conclusions and sell them as facts.
This has been a very strange day, starting at about 3 am when I awoke to find that the power had gone out. By the time I’d notified PG&E, I was wide awake and suspected that my day had begun early. Then, one of the dogs came down, which she
Continue readingSpring break is over and real life resumes. The kids weren’t thrilled to return to school, but I’m pretty pleased to have my life back on schedule. As you could probably tell from last week’s lethargic blogging, I don’t do well without some boundaries to my days. I’m off to
Continue readingI thought my day would be busier, but it’s settled into a relaxing mode that makes enticing just a wee bit of blogging. So that’s what I’m doing here — a wee bit of blogging. First on the agenda is a freaky “pigs flying” moment from MSNBC. NewsBusters caught a
Continue readingIt’s Easter Sunday, and that means all family all the time. No complaints here, though. It’s been a lovely day so far and I anticipate an equally pleasant afternoon and evening. Full blogging will not happen today, but here are a few (a very few) links that intrigued me: I’ve
Continue readingMy computer was giving me problems all this week, which slowed me down and, eventually, stopped me altogether. The computer finally is back up and running now, thanks to an old friend who’s a very good tech guru. Now, though, I have to run, since my Mom has a doctor’s
Continue readingWe always hear about countries or communities that are suffering from brain drain. I’m not sure if brain drain can ever be defined down to an individual level but, if it can, I’ve got it. Insomnia always leaves me with fewer brain cells the next day. Still, there’s interesting stuff
Continue readingSo far this morning, I’ve been running around in the house. Now, I have to leave to run around outside of the house. I hope to blog at around mid-day, but until then, three articles to give you food for thought and then an invitation to use this Open Thread
Continue readingThis is one of those days where my day totally didn’t go as planned . . . but for good reasons. How often can one say that? Plans or no plans, though, the news marches on and there’s so much interesting stuff I want to share with you. *** When
Continue readingI pulled up my usual morning reads and found some excellent stuff I’d like to share with you. American Thinker gets four shout-outs this morning. Really. Its content today was that good. *** Maybe I’m imagining it, but I do think James Lewis has put together a must-read summary about
Continue readingThe Taliban has hit Marin County (indirectly). Marin County is headquarters for Roots of Peace, an admirable charity that seeks to advance agricultural development in poverty-stricken areas. It has an outpost in Afghanistan, where it seeks to enable the Afghani people to feed themselves. The Taliban can’t have that kind
Continue readingI’m off crutches — hurrah! — for the first time in a month and a half. It’s wonderful to be free of them. I used them as awkwardly and inelegantly on the last day as I did on the first, something that was both frustrating and painful. Today I’m learning
Continue readingThoughtful Jews are increasingly thinking one thought: the notion of a two-state solution is ridiculous. Moshe Philips and Benyamin Korn explain why it’s ridiculous. And in a superior interview on the Glenn Beck show, Caroline Glick offers a single-state alternative. *** When I was on vacation a few years ago,
Continue readingI have a busy morning coming up, but will be back at my computer by about noon Pacific Time. Until then, please enjoy this open thread. Oh, and a question for you: The headlines for the last few days have been overwhelming, with everything, at home and abroad, in politics
Continue readingI have learned something about myself over the past 5.5 weeks: I will never master crutches. After all this time, I still fall going up the stairs, get vertigo going down the stairs, topple over when trying to reach light switches, get abrasions on my skin, and exhaust my injured
Continue readingI’ve ranted here before about the fact that, when discussing the Left’s insistence that government should be able to give the Pill to young girls, no one mentions how dangerous hormone-based birth control devices are. It seems, though, that people are finally waking up to the fact that there’s a
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