This is good – Pajamas Media wants to make these little debates a regular feature and if this is any evidence of what is to come, I think it’s a great idea! One thing, though. I like the recurring pictures of Michael Ledeen and Marc Cooper – they really ARE necessary in the format – but am I the only one who finds the effect eerily reminiscent of Wuzzadem’s exchange between Mr. Stick Figure and the White House Press? Read more
I love Jay Nordlinger’s stuff at NRO, and this I especially loved: My next-door neighbor is a retiree who loves to travel. He and his wife took a trip to India just a few years ago, and found themselves in a smallish town or village. They were approached by a man in his fifties who asked where they were from, and upon learning that they were American he began to ask a number of questions. He had read the Bible... Read more
Check out Jeanette’s new Christmas screen and while you’re at it you can see the White House Christmas Card that is supposedly putting people into a frenzy because the president says “Happy Holidays” instead of “Merry Christmas.” KJLopez at NRO writes: I’ve never been entirely comfortable with the Holiday vs. Christmas debate. I’ve said “best wishes for the holidays,” as a sign off more than once and I’ve never seriously considered that that might be code indicating that I’m anti-Christian... Read more
Arghghg! I see that I am being trampled on at the Weblog Awards which is entirely what I’d expected would happen, but that doesn’t mean it feels good. Am I going to have to haul out more family photos? Don’t make me do it! I don’t have a scanner! I’m hauling out the album, as I type! I have a picture of my paternal grandmother; she has a mustache, thick ankles and she’s wearing men’s shoes. She sits on a... Read more
Patrick O’ Hannigan says he is late to Alexandra’s Stunning Graphic and Discussion on whether the Holy Trinity is a Monotheistic Doctrine. Well, yes, he is late. But he adds the topper and it deserves linkage! Of course the Holy Trinity is a doctrine of monotheism. … What neither the Anchoress nor Alexandra nor anyone else visiting that thread has mentioned yet is this: Jesus, as a devout Jew, said and believed the Sh’ma prayer, (“Hear, O Israel, the Lord... Read more
During Advent, I am really trying to stay AWAY from politics – but you know I can’t just entirely block it out…so a few quick and pithy comments on a few stories, and then I leave the subject again: This might be the sound of the Democrat Party going too far. I do not believe that most Americans like this sort of rhetoric. Dean – as usual – is overplaying his hand. The Republicans did it to Clinton, and Americans... Read more
We like St. Nicholas in this house. Last year, with my brother dying, we only put up a smallish tree, and used only St. Nicholas ornaments. Very comforting! St. Nicholas Center Who is St. Nicholas Amy Welborn links to St. Nicholas Vespers. Lovely. UPDATE: Musing Minds tells of a Rabbi who, quite rightly, does not like Christmas trees being inflicted upon his own holy days. Read more
A while back I was tagged with a meme by both Julie at Happy Catholic and Amy Welborn and I didn’t get around to it because it seemed like more energy than I could muster, and a little too self-revealing, too. But I’m feeling pretty peppy today, so I will finally answer it! Sorry I’m late, gals – I wasn’t ignoring you, really! I CONFESS! I confess… that my dream in life is to live somewhere near the water. Actually,... Read more
So, I don’t know if I told you that the reason hubby and I had a long weekend getaway was because Buster left on Thursday for the All-State Music Festival – 900 of the best 16 year-old singers and musicians in NY State converging on a small, rather boring city for four days. Oh, the humanity! He got there on Thursday and was immediately immersed in what sounds like wonderful, intensive musical work, rehearsing 8 pieces, some of them very... Read more
Sigmund Carl and Alfred speak to one of the modern spirits of Christmas – the spirit of avarice and of self-preoccupation – with a particularly insightful post. It is not economics that define a man’s worth, nor it is the opinion of another, perhaps ‘wealthier’ that defines a man. It is what you choose in life, with money or time that puts everyone on an even footing with everyone else. The poor man’s contribution of his time or money is... Read more
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