The Peaceable Kingdom
During the holiday season, the Christmas manger scene is an important symbol for those who believe that the birth of Jesus was the birth of their Savior. It also...
The Centenary of the Death of Mark Twain
The one hundred year anniversary of Mark Twain's death was April 21, 2010. I am sorry I missed it, but I still want to honor this great man, this...
Reality ‘Shopped
Isn’t reality hard enough to deduce without Photoshop? Don’t believe your lyin’ eyes. Every month or so, another expose crops up showing how some celebrity’s image on a cover...
It’s My Party and I’ll Cry if I Want To
We might just have discovered why Andy Stern is resigning as president of the SIEU. Today’s story in The Washington Post says that in Raleigh, N.C. frustrated liberals and...
“War is Hell.”
The quote originates from General Sherman’s address to the graduating class of the Michigan Military Academy (19 June 1879):
I’ve been where you are now and I know just how...
At Huffington Post, Nobody Knows You’re a Dog
Last summer, someone with the moniker “lawmiss” posted a comment on the website of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Lawmiss wrote something nasty about a relative of a Plain Dealer...
You Might be a Conservative if You…
As some of you who have read my posts and comments may know by now, I consider people on the Right to have pathology. And the further Right, the...
Clio Wept
Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis.
~~Schopenhauer
Why the hell is our nation’s history in dispute? Why are we so...
Another Big Nail in Democracy’s Coffin
I just read this, and can’t believe I’ve never heard of it. Has anyone else? I am posting the article in its entirety. Am I missing something here, or...