The Thinker--or Just Sitting Around?

I've wondered about Rodin's famous sculpture. Is he engaged in deep thought or sitting around wasting time? And why isn't he wearing pants? I ask the same of myself. Here we comment on well, mostly politics. Or we may just sit! If you like it, tell a friend. If not, tell us, but please read the GROUND RULES before you do.

Saturday, November 18, 2006

I hope my wife isn't looking...

As I'm sitting here watching the latest "Game of the Century" between "The" Ohio State University and University of ...

Friday, November 17, 2006

Run in fear

Headline on CNN.com: "Liberals' wish list focuses on rights" Not rights! Please, no, not rights! Anything but rights! (Actua...

Rummy's "Accomplishments"

( This is real) DoD ACCOMPLISHMENTS SINCE 2001 In the last six years, the Department has made great strides in modernizing its forces to ad...

We're sure you do, Mr. Preznit--we're sure you do

"We hear voices calling for us to retreat from the world and close our doors to its opportunities." Does anyone doubt that he hear...

RIP

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Bo Schembechler, who became one of college football's great coaches in two decades at Michigan, died Friday after ta...

A shout-out to ZinfandelFan

A change of pace... It's not great wine, but it's great fun..

True colors, revisited

The esteemed Schmidlap wrote, "the recent trend in the Republican Party is refreshing. This new incarnation where they have quit bothe...

Separated at birth?

Veteran character actor Len Cariou New House majority leader Steny Hoyer

Today's visit from Mr. Dictionary Man

DEMENTIA de-men-tia (n) a deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, resulting from an organic d...

Thursday, November 16, 2006

Meanwhile, back in Frostbite Falls...

"We Will not Be Able to Survive Much Longer" Iraq's health minister, Ali al-Shameri, 44, discusses the effects of the US elec...

Dumbass Cubed

I am becoming more and more convinced that the "Voice of the People" editor over at the Chicago Tribune uses some kind of weird da...

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Scott Ritter on Iraq

Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, has a thoughtful piece on Iraq, the Democrats and the future here . Unfortunately I think his we...

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Yet another improvement

Of the myriad things that will be better in January, here's another one: Robert Byrd replaces Ted Stevens as President Pro Tempore of t...

Monday, November 13, 2006

This historian's wish list

The "Mad King Ludwig" of Bavaria gave us this... The "Mad King George" of Crawford gave us this... We definitely have th...

The [NOT] Liberal Media

Check out this piece about the Washington Post revising articles after the fact so as to avoid telling the president that his pants are on ...

On a lighter note

The Chicago Cubs re-signed right-handed pitcher Kerry Wood. Kerry is shown below going through his usual relaxing off-season conditioning pr...

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Freedom's on the march (unfortunately, it's that explode-y kind of freedom)

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Shiite prime minister promised Sunday to reshuffle his Cabinet after calling lawmakers disloyal and blaming Sunni Muslim...

Congratulations, David J. Van Deusen of Chicago!

Once again proving John Stuart Mill correct when he wrote that he "never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid, I me...

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Impeachment

Nancy Pelosi said before the elections that "impeachment is off the table." I would like to explore that for a minute. As you all ...

Every limbo boy and girl, all around the limbo world

How LOW can you go? ( link ) After the Democratic sweep of Congress, President Bush's approval reaches a new low.

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