The Anchoress
Via Hillbuzz That’s awesome. Read more
Via Hillbuzz That’s awesome. Read more
My schedule yesterday precluded watching Wyle E. Coyote Nancy Pelosi hand off the gavel (finally!) to John Boehner, but I had planned to skip the event, anyway. A lifelong poli-junkie, I have lately grown positively allergic to political theater and repelled by the showboating, the preening and the pride; I’ve had a bellyful of politicians gassing away about the wonderfulness of themselves and their marvelous ocean-receding powers; how they are going to be the “most ethical” this and “smartest” that.... Read more
A really great photo via Catholic Vote: Read more
I admit, my Tuesday column requires some patience. If you jump too quickly you’re going to think I’m saying Christians should never defend themselves. Jesus surely didn’t preach that; he didn’t preach a crusade either. He taught us to turn the other cheek. Our instincts tell us that turning the other cheek is stupid, but this is what Christ preached. He did not teach that we were meant to conquer others—be they radical Islamists, or gay activists, or evangelical atheists—but... Read more
Totally tied up with work obligations today but wanted to put Ross Douthat’s must-read column before your eyes today, for discussion: The American entertainment industry has never been comfortable with the act of abortion. Film or television characters might consider the procedure, but even on the most libertine programs (a “Mad Men,” a “Sex and the City”), they’re more likely to have a change of heart than actually go through with it. Reality TV thrives on shocking scenes and subjects... Read more
I had never heard of “Chesty Puller” until reading this piece just now, but it sounds like a film needs to be made, here: Enlisting in the Marine Corps in 1918 he would serve until 1955, rising in rank from private to lieutenant general. Throughout his career he led from the front, never asking his men to go where he would not go. For his courage he was five times awarded the navy cross, a silver star, a distinguished service... Read more
…is always so much better than when I read it, myself. Read more
This is the one we wait for each year! The master: Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped out 75 percent of all the species on the planet. Can we honestly say that we had a worse year than those species did? Yes we can, because they were not exposed to... Read more
Performer Liz Lemon in HighDef My husband is lounging about watching old episodes of 30 Rock, and he’s hit on the Dealbreakers Talk Show episode, where Liz Lemon is prepping to debut as a talk-show host, and she’s excited: Jack Donaghy: “Yes well, it’s really happening for you Lemon. Between TGS and this, you’re like a swarthy, big-hipped Kelly Ripa!” I’ve been listening in the background and identifying in a bit way with Liz Lemon who, upon telling people she... Read more
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