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.

Friday, April 20, 2007

Democracy

Democracy, from the Greek for "rule of the people." I am leaving from here, where democracy died, to head for Greece, where it was...

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Who watches the watchers of the watchers?

On the Bob Edwards Show on XMPR this morning, I heard an excellent interview with Bill Moyers (although that's probably redundant - all ...

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Just remember

A horrific day in Blacksburg is a decent day for Baghdad

Monday, April 16, 2007

Retard America

Americans' knowledge of national and international affairs has changed little in two decades despite the emergence of 24-hour cable news...

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Really?

[Editor's note: I almost hate to post something to move Doc's wonderful piece below down.] Alberto Gonzalez said ""I have ...

Jackie

On April 15th, 1947, Jackie Robinson played in his first game in Major League Baseball and changed the world. America was different in the l...

Saturday, April 14, 2007

Two for the price of one!

Yessiree, folks, step right up! Double your pleasure! First of all, we have Susan Petrarca of Lemont, a regular in the corner, a right-wing ...

In Memoriam: KV

I was raised on Kurt Vonnegut, I've grown to middle age with him. I feel as if I know him better than my own father, who died shy of his...

Thursday, April 12, 2007

He really didn't say that, did he?

Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), who describes himself as "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order," said after joinin...

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Much ado about nothing

Well, the mass media has made a seamless transition from Anna Nicole to All Imus All Day, with a detour at American Idol and a kid with bad ...

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Yosemite Romney

Mitt Romney has checked his dignity at the door and backtracked on every principled stand he has ever taken in order to appeal to the GOP...

Monday, April 09, 2007

And on a lighter note

Washington's beautiful cherry blossoms--and some kid.

The time has come to do as commanded/requested

Some events have transpired over the past 7 months, and then again in the past 7 weeks, that have prompted be to come forth and blog. I chan...

And the Lord said..

According to the Gospel of Luke, Jesus condemned the arrogant braying pharisee for his self-centered public prayer in the temple. Jesus said...

What the Imus flap is NOT about

You have probably heard about Don Imus and his idiotic "nappy-headed hos" comment about the Rutgers women's basketball team. P...

Saturday, April 07, 2007

The kind of "mind" we're dealing with

From Glenn Greenwald, on Salon: Neoconservative and war supporter John Podhoretz: What if the tactical mistake we made in Iraq was that we d...

Friday, April 06, 2007

Georgie, you have to stay in for recess

First of all, see Doc's hilarious post before. In that vein... I almost never call for amending the constitution for dealing with the va...

I read 'em, so you don't have to

I was browsing some righ wing blogs today when I came across this howler - "No President of one party ever tried harder to get along wi...

Spellcheck is sick

I just sent a note to my wife about the Greek cruise ship sinking off of Santorini. Spellcheck on my version of Outlook suggested that I re...

Thursday, April 05, 2007

The "I have no idea what I'm talking about" defense

Orrin Hatch: "My comments about Carol Lam's record as a U.S. Attorney were accurate, but I misspoke when making the point of discus...

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