A few days ago I posted a quotation, very slightly edited, to illustrate that all those wingnuts quoting Lincoln to support their goofy positions on dissent and not criticizing a President during a war really have it all wrong. The quote in question was from an address by Lincoln as a Senator to Congress during [...]
Now that I have your attention.
This rather interesting tidbit of news managed to rate mention in the bowels of that CBS news site. If you Google it you’ll find the only mentions of it is in obscure blogs (not as obscure as this one though) and if you search Google News you’ll [...]
Frank Rich has a new column out over at the NYTimes (unfortunately behind the paywall) that really skewers the fluffed up concern now being expressed about Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents. It can also be viewed here for those without paywall access at the Times.
It’s a great piece but in my mind it doesn’t [...]
I’m going to be investigating a new theme template and the possibility of activating comments and other features which I had disabled in this theme when I installed it. It won’t happen immediately, unless I get a burst of wanting to stay up until 3 am a couple of nights, but I’m on the [...]
Yeah, I know, it’s been a while but sometimes real life intervenes and some things take a hiatus. This blog has been on a hiatus but I’ll be back to my old semi-irregular posting non-schedule now that things have calmed down and life has gotten considerably saner, at least in our household if not [...]