Mike Huckabee complains that evangelicals are getting a raw deal in the GOP: “Many of us who have been Republicans out of conviction . . . the social conservatives,” he told reporters, “were welcomed in the party as long as… Continue Reading
“Senator? Is that you?”
My new hero, Ezra Levant, gives the Alberta Human Rights Commission what for: More — much more — at his website. The Alberta Human Rights Commission was investigating his publication, in a now-defunct print newspaper published in Calgary, the famous… Continue Reading
Here are the votes for 2008 predictions: 4 votes for new nuclear power plants to be approved by Congress. I sure hope so. 2 votes each for war with Iran (I sure hope not), Brett Favre’s retirement, and North Korea… Continue Reading
My computer behaved very strangely this morning. The wheel on the mouse didn’t scroll up and down; it made the text on my browser bigger and smaller. When I tried to type things, I got all kinds of bizarre results.… Continue Reading
We had the monk over for dinner Saturday. A good time was had by all, and we met our two-bottle minimum for the wine. We had a 2000 Haut-Medoc with dinner — it was smooth and flowery but strong enough… Continue Reading
The results of the divisional playoffs this weekend. Two upsets! That’s why they play them on the field instead of in the commentators’ booths. In the AFC, the Bolts upset the Colts (28-24, with a come-from-behind drive early in the… Continue Reading
See, dogs and cats can be friends.
The first mountaineer to climb the highest point on Earth died today. It’s well-known that Sir Edmund was the leader of the expedition that first reached the summit of Mount Everest, and that he and his Sherpa guide, and lifelong… Continue Reading
There’s been a little mistake in some of the sample ballots prepared in Hillsborough County, Florida — Rudy Giuliani’s name was misspelled, in a fashion suggesting that he is female (as opposed to merely appearing in drag once in a… Continue Reading