I love it when a leader, any leader, thinks critically. “I find myself imagining what would happen if one day there was a country in the world that would stone a man because he was cheating. Nothing justifies the state taking someone’s life. Only God gives life and only He …
Unfortunate Daughter
Found dead on the military base in Balad, Iraq in July, 2005, a short time after she began serving there, the United States Army ruled 19 year old Pfc. Lavena Johnson’s death as a suicide resulting from a self-inflicted M-16 rifle shot wound, and sent her home in a box. …
On Licking Katherine Hepburn
I’ve discussed my love/admiration for Hepburn at least once in this blog. Consequently this is a big news flash for me. Katherine Hepburn has been added to the Legends of Hollywood postal series, releasing the stamp today, on what would have been her 103rd birthday. She was the 16th Inductee …
Even the Big Picture Hasn’t Covered It
Between the Gulf oil spill, the NYC thwarted bombing and subsequent apprehension of a suspect, Jay Leno’s colossal fail at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Brett Michaels multiple medical problems, and a UVA lacrosse player accidentally killing his old girlfriend, there has been little room for proper coverage of the …
Post Obamacarapocalypse
Late Sunday brings/brought: A disturbing (via Jezebel, sorry), call for assassination, which if tweeted by a Muslim, or female, probably would have already resulted in an arrest of some kind. A great picture taken in Austin during SXSW, and posted at my Compulsion for your enjoyment. And the wonderful news …
RIP Jon Swift
When I began blogging in college I read a lot of political blogs, and Jon Swift’s was one of the better satires out there. Jon Swift whose real name (unknown to many but known to some), was Al Weisel, the “reasonable conservative who liked to write about politics and culture”, …
