What’s Next, a “No” Vote on Motherhood? This one is simply stunning. And our timing in the midst of the holiday season is impeccably ironic. In the United Nations, on December 18th, the United...
I want to keep this simple and brief, and anyone who has ever read my average blog entry will know that’s waaaaaayyy out of character. . . With this one I want to simply...
“How much money are we talking here . . . I mean, is it ‘profane’ or ‘really offensive’?”===================Now you tell us!! “We didn’t set out to achieve the highest level of polls that we...
FWP: the federal government stepped in to become the employer of last resort. At its peak, the Writers’ Project employed about 6,500 men and women around the country, paying them a subsistence wage of...
With credit cards on the outs these days, old-fashioned layaway plans are on a nostalgic comeback tour. Sears, Kmart, TJMAxx, and others are bringing back the layaway, usually charging a small fee and requiring...
“If they will only do their job that is all that they are being overpaid for.” David O. Selznick, on actors and actresses As the economy caves in, our elected officials will soon be...
1/15/2009: Given the recent news about the Campbells, this is an update of my original post. In this post I have italicized those quotes by Mr. and Mrs. Campbell that I made up to...
Who Knew? For those two or three humans now alive who don’t understand that Dick Cheney was uninterested in compiling honest intel prior to the Iraq invasion and occupation, that doubt was erased by...
Another Profile in Courage. The New York Time’s website today reported that Caroline Kennedy will seek the appointment from New York’s Governor to complete Hillary Clinton’s Senate term. “The decision came after a series...
MSNBC reports that President Bush deftly ducked a particularly difficult Iraqi heckler at his news conference in Iraq today: An Iraqi television journalist hurled two shoes at President Bush on Sunday during a joint...