UPDATE: When I wrote this I had not heard Hillary’s “hard-working white Americans” blurb. Very stupid. I said earlier that her persistence might mean she was a psychopath – that was meant as a throwaway joke – but, well, as Peggy Noonan points out, this whole thing has become psychodrama. I am pulling back my “bravo.” “hard-working white Americans” is either very stupid or deliberately divisive. It cannot be cheered. ::: END UPDATE ::: I rarely read something that I... Read more
I am still under the weather, on the canvas, however you want to describe it. Call it iron-poor-tired-blood. Remember that commercial? Read more
I said last night that I thought Hillary would be smart to “suspend” her campaign, take a breather (and rest up) and then come barreling back at the Dem convention, when the party has begun to have buyers remorse on Obama, and he is tired and punchy. I doubt she’ll do it; even to suspend would be too much like weakness to her. Meanwhile, this is pretty cute. H/T Brian Saint-Paul. Read more
Hillary beats Obama by what, 3% , even with all the Limbaughians voting for her? That can’t be good. I think Hillary’s smartest move would be to “suspend” the campaign, which is not the same as ending it, allow herself some time to rest, save whatever money she can, and let her attack dogs render Obama as impotent and unelectable as possible…then “re-animate” her campaign before the convention, when the Dems are having Obama-remorse. It can’t hurt her. Might help... Read more
Fausta is feeling depressed about the inability of our young adults to develop relationships of mature intimacy. A young woman in college, having sexual encounters with dozens of men who are little more than strangers to her, yearns for a guy to at least say he is going to stay. I find that extremely depressing: She wants not love, not intimacy (and forget about a spiritual component to a union – that hasn’t even crossed anyone’s mind). Just permanence. How... Read more
Video Via Deacon Greg. I read of a couple who chose to deliver a baby that every doctor said they should abort, because the baby would likely never live outside the womb. They had the baby – they gave him life, named him, blessed him, held and kissed and loved him for the 45 minutes he lived. They cooed and took his picture and said to him, “we welcome you, we love you; we are yours and you are ours;... Read more
“God loved you first…” You should take this sentence as literally as can be, and I try to do that. For it is truly the great power in our lives and the consolation that we need. And it’s not seldom that we need it. He loved me first, before I myself could love at all. It was only because he knew me and loved me that I was made. So I was not thrown into the world by some operation... Read more
Gregorian chanting ‘can reduce blood pressure and stress’ reads the headline, and the story is both interesting and unsurprising: Stress levels could be reduced simply by participating in some Gregorian chanting, researchers claimed today. Dr Alan Watkins, a senior lecturer in neuroscience at Imperial College London, revealed that teaching people to control their breathing and applying the musical structure of chanting can help their emotional state. He said: “We have recently carried out research that demonstrates that the regular breathing... Read more
My husband got involved with watching The Jane Austen Book Club last night. I couldn’t take more than a few minutes of it. I like chick flicks as much as anyone, I guess, but I strongly dislike soap opera, particularly witless soap opera (I am aware I may be offending some fans of the flick, and I apologize) and I couldn’t watch it. I hung in for a while, but lost it when one of the gals went into screaming... Read more
My car is giving me trouble, so while I’m chatting in the grease pit, take a look at the long version of the Jim Caviezel adoption story. Eric Pavlat on teaching the Frankenstein novel. The Sobran Method of teaching Shakespeare – very cute piece: When Joe was learning to read, I made him read aloud a single sentence from The Tempest: “Monster, I do smell all horse-piss; at which my nose is in great indignation.” (You won’t find that one... Read more
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