May 1, 2002

OY, I’M AL SHARPTON: Which Democratic Presidential Hopeful Are You? Read more

May 1, 2002

POETRY WEDNESDAY: From T. L. Beddoes: By heaven and hell, and all the fools between them, I will not die, nor sleep, nor wink my eyes, But think myself into a god; old Death Shall dream he has slain me, and I’ll creep behind him, Thrust off the bony tyrant from his throne And beat him into dust. Or I will burst Damnation’s iron egg, my tomb, and come Half damned, ere they make lightning of my soul, And creep... Read more

May 1, 2002

HAVE I MENTIONED YET THAT MARK SHEA ROCKS? Read more

May 1, 2002

OH, AND TO THE PERSON WHO CAME HERE LOOKING for “campaign slogans for universities“: We don’t have ’em yet. We’ve got rejected campaign slogans for the political parties here and here. Hmmm…. I sense a new contest…. (results of the haiku contest tomorrow! Send ’em quick! eve_tushnet@yahoo.com!) Or maybe I’ll be content with the one rejected university campaign slogan I heard from a friend: “YALE. Not just another four-letter word.” Read more

May 1, 2002

MORE IMMIGRATION: First, thanks to Brink Lindsey for the link. If you came fro there, you’re looking for this. Second, reader Francis Logan writes: “My mother emigrated from France after WWII; my dad’s side of the family dates its presence in this country back to the founding of Philadelphia. Both sides, however, are noted for their wanderlust — nobody has stayed put for more than 30 years or so. I’m writing from California, but I grew up in New York.... Read more

May 1, 2002

Just call me angel of the blogwatch, baby… (Thanks to The Old Oligarch, I’ve had that freakin’ song stuck in my head since Thursday night. Speaking of, the O.O. has been blogging away at the world, although I wonder if he really thinks merchants don’t learn to practice just management of their employees and property, and if he thinks upbringing and social status have much of a one-to-one relationship. But that’s for another day.) Andrew Sullivan, Mangler of Permalinks, says... Read more

May 1, 2002

“You’re a bitter little lady.” “It’s a bitter little world.” –Paul Henreid and Joan Bennett, “Hollow Triumph” Read more

April 30, 2002

SHAMED SENT ME THIS EXCHANGE from last night’s “Crossfire.” Since he hasn’t posted it yet, I will. BEGALA: What they [Saudi Arabian ads that have been airing on TV] don’t mention, of course, is the anti- American, anti-Israel hatred they spew out of the madrasas, the religious schools that they fund, or the comments from their own ambassador to Great Britain, who called the White House a place of darkness, or the comments in the paper the past few days... Read more

April 30, 2002

TWO SEARCH ENGINE REQUESTS: I can’t really help the person who was looking for “moby homes in new england ma.” As for “libertarian maggie poetry,” that sounds awesome. You think they mean this Maggie or this one? Read more

April 30, 2002

CROCUSES IN DECEMBER: Amy Welborn writes that Catholic renewals and reformations spring from the religious orders. (She gives a good explanation of why here.) There’s a lot of gloom around–where have all the nuns gone, etc.–and it’s difficult for some people to imagine a renewal that springs from any religious order. Others ask, Why should the religious get the responsibility and the hope? What about us regular old third-order-of-nothin’ laity? I don’t take either of these viewpoints. Why? Because I... Read more


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