Got That One Right, Too
Überconservative George Will argues that beer is essential to civilization. I heard that.
Month: July 2008
Got That One Right!
John McCain has made no bones about not being very knowledgeable about economic issues, particularly as compared to his oeuvre* in foreign policy and military matters. So when he takes on Social Security and says it’s a “disgrace,” he earns… Continue Reading
Believe In The Rays
Wow — NAPP voters (at least, the ones who follow baseball enough to have voted) almost all voted for the Tampa Bay Rays making to the MLB playoffs. I noticed some voters voted for only one AL and one NL… Continue Reading
Barbequed Cakes
The Wife promised to bake a co-worker her favorite cakes for her birthday tomorrow. Turns out this co-worker likes white cake with chocolate frosting — not something easy to find in the grocery store. Which we had to look at… Continue Reading
Vermillion Sunset
The fires that seem to be consuming all of California and draping our fine desert valley in a melancholy layer of gray haze do bring one thing of note — spectacular sunsets. Less so the sunrises; the smoke dissipates out… Continue Reading
Feeling Oats In Iran
Now, this isn’t at all inflammatory. Iran test-firing twenty or so ballistic missiles with 2,000 mile ranges simultaneously is nothing at all to get excited about. After all, Iran only mounts conventional warheads on them! The point in Israel farthest… Continue Reading
Now Even The Iraqis Want A Timetable
One of my favorite political blogges, Rick Moran, has done it again: offered a great analysis of a current event, in this case the al-Maliki government’s call for a phased withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Prime Minister al-Maliki is… Continue Reading
The Burst Bubble Isn’t Enough
One of the reasons that The Wife and I wanted to move to Tennessee was the possibility of buying our own home. Tennessee didn’t work out for a variety of reasons, but when you consider what the real estate market… Continue Reading
Consent
Hey, same-sex marriage opponents, I have a question for you. “Traditional” marriages frequently involve arrangements being made by parents for the marriage, without bothering to ask the children to be married off what they think of the arrangement or whether… Continue Reading
Apostrophes
I spend a lot of my day reading over evidence. Letters, memos, e-mail, things like that. So I see how a wide range of people write, in settings both formal and candid. And for some reason, a large number of… Continue Reading