George Will sums up Spoiled Rotten: How the Politics of Patronage Corrupted the Once Noble Democratic Party and Now Threatens the American Republic by Jay Cost, who argues “that the party has succumbed to ‘clientelism,’ the process of purchasing cohorts of voters with federal favors.”
If you are an ultra-liberal “Super-Democrat,” your favorite TV show is The Daily Show (no surprise there). If you are an “On-the-Fence Liberal,” your favorite show is the Graham Norton Show (that of the flamboyantly gay variety show host). If you are an “ultra-conservative,” your
The Republican convention–after a bunch of testimonials from Olympic athletes, businesses saved by Bain Capital, and others about what a good person Mitt Romney is–wrapped up with rambling musings by Clint Eastwood, an impressive speech by Marco Rubio, and then the presidential candidate’s acceptance speech.
My cataract surgery went well, as far as I know. (I go in for my post-op exam later this morning.) Usually it’s done with local anesthetic, but my eye-muscles and reflexes were such that they put me completely under, which was nice, actually. Instead of
After my cataract surgery, I was told that reading might be hard, but that I should be able watch TV. As if that was supposed to make me feel better! So while convalescing I caught up on Netflix and then finally slipped back into my
Things started looking kind of blurry, so I figured it was time for some new glasses. It turns out, I have cataracts! I have surgery this morning. I had assumed that they just peel the cloudy film off. It turns out that they take out
If you have a smart phone, can you pinch your fingers together while touching the screen to make the images smaller? And move your fingers apart to make the images bigger? Well, that so-called “pinch to zoom” technology was invented by Apple for its iPhones,
Neil Armstrong, the first man to set foot on the moon, has died. Another Lutheran with an interesting vocation. UPDATE: It appears he was NOT Lutheran, identifying himself at one point as a “Deist.” Thanks to you factcheckers in the comments section.
Pastor Douthwaite gave a great sermon on Sunday, on Mark 7:1-13, in which Jesus chastizes the Pharisees for replacing God’s word with the “traditions of men.” The whole thing is very much worth reading, but I would like to focus on a curious fact that
Which do you think is more effective in a political campaign? Having lots of campaign workers and volunteers organized in key districts, knocking on doors, working the phones, handing out flyers, and getting out the vote? Or running lots and lots of television ads? We’re
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