Sorry so quiet – among other distractions, I found I could not put this collection of essays down, as George Will discusses everything from William F. Buckley (to whom the book is dedicated) to past and present members of the class political (and how they governed their own lives as well as others) – he writes about the early days of tv journalism, about how politicos on both sides of the fence used to be able to look past party... Read more
I know that Democrats and members of the left are supposed to be our intellectual betters, and that those of us center or center-right are all “knuckledragging neanderthals” (Ted Kennedy, circa 2002) but the Dems seem to be making some very dumb unforced errors, heading into the Fourth of July Weekend and their National Convention: 1) Only Fox News reported positive news from Iraq. Because God forbid we should hear it (and think well of our troops) as we head... Read more
[The human being, in all ages of history,] resists the consequence of the mystery made flesh, for if this Event is true, then all aspects of life, including the sensible and the social, must revolve around it. And it is precisely man’s perception of being undermined, no longer being the measure of his own self, that places him in the position of refusal. — Monsignor Luigi Giussani (via Magnificat Magazine) In his book, Mother Angelica’s Little Life Lessons, Raymond Arroyo... Read more
My husband, teasing in an email: “Starbucks is closing 600 stores! I blame the Mystic Monks and that incredible Dark Roast!” Well…I don’t think we can blame the monks, but I know I much prefer their smooth blends to a $5.00 cup of over-roasted-tasting Joe. Starbucks became so ubiquitous, it seemed like it was saturating it’s own market. You just knew they would have difficulty sustaining things if people had to choose between the latte and the gas tank. Still,... Read more
I’m getting a sense that both candidates – but Barack Obama, much more so – are being overmanaged and overhandled. Barack Obama seems to spend a part of every day either distancing himself from seals and supporters (it seems this week Wesley Clark is not the Wesley Clark Obama knew and Obama’s done a another staggering backflip on an issue) while McCain is so busy playing everything down he seems almost moribund. The press is not helping of course –... Read more
Apparently Stephen Colbert of the Colbert Report has invited viewers to use a green screen and “make John McCain exciting.” This one’s pretty impressive visually, and it manages to rhyme, too: Read more
:::UPDATE::: A blogger who is rebuilding finds his Obama-critical posts uncached and unrecoverable. Hmmmmm…:::END UPDATE::: So, these Obama True-Believers are an insecure bunch. It seems to me if you are confident in your candidate, you don’t need to run around doing all you can to silence opposition by shutting down blogs that dare to dislike your guy. When you act like a jack-booted silencer of dissent, you do your candidate no favors. You (and by extension your candidate, even if... Read more
Of all the tribute written by journalists about their friend, Tim Russert, a few have been standouts; Jon Meacham’s piece in Newsweek was onesuch. In her column, “On Faith” Sally Quinn writes another excellent, heartfelt tribute about the fullness of the man, Tim Russert, and how his faith, joyfully confessed throughout his being, completed that fullness. Russert was, by all accounts, a man who was not defined by his faith; rather he – by the way he lived his life... Read more
I need a cat. Or maybe another puppy to keep the collie company! Blogging will be light and probably not so political. Although…as long as I’m posting this… Is free speech really such a tough concept? Three pieces yesterday on a Huffpo writer admonishing The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart for daring to make jokes about Obama that have any sort of substance to them. Stewart is apparently only to gently mock Obama, and only when doing so also mocks John... Read more
Rick at Brutally Honest took a look at some hand-wringing in the press (they’re so helpful these days, aren’t they?) and found the perfect response to it: Read more
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