Heh. This is really an honor. I’ve had a few piece nominated by Watchers of Weasels before, but I have never come out on top, because there are so many great writers out there…in fact I am surprised that, once again, Frank Martin did not carry the day – but then when you are writing in wrath, maybe you get an edge! ;-) You’ll want to head over there – some terrific pieces highlighted by bloggers you know, and a... Read more
His first act as president was to strengthen abortion rights. Now he is chastising Christians for not co-operating with death to ease the health care burden. In making a point about the importance of having a living will, ex-President Bill Clinton remarked that religious Americans are apparently hypocrites for not wishing to go quietly into that goodnight. “It’s interesting to me that we always proclaim – especially certain numbers of us – that we’re the most religious big country in... Read more
Kobayashi Maru has thoughts on church and state if you can get past the bumpersticker. Check out the last bit about Patrick Kennedy! Meanwhile, Dr. Sanity has a terrific song spoof. Read more
Over the last two days monks have been springing up around me! A three hour, nearly silent documentary on Carthusian monks is becoming a surprise hit. Sean Farnel of the Toronto Film Festival called it “a film of tranquility, stillness and contemplation…marked by moments of visual splendor and almost tactile sound: the rumpled roar of the wood stove; scissors crisply crunching through heavy cloth; the soothing, murmured rhythms of the liturgy.” “At a time in which spiritual practice is a... Read more
No, the press didn’t want to talk about it! But the Astute Blogger is writing about it here, linking from No Pasaran. I have no doubt it’s true. Marianne wrote it weeks ago. But it wasn’t an intifada. Had nothing to do with religion. It was just economics, after all. Read more
Oh, I’m sorry, not for Pajamas Media but for Open Source Media, which had their launch yesterday. I like the minimalist graphic, but I must say, I think Alexandra’s graphic is a brilliant masterpiece! and on top of all that, she also has the best notes on the launch I have yet read. Head over there – it’s really great! They must be doing something right, they’ve managed to awaken the easily-roused ire of the elegantly fussy and disdainful James... Read more
so we don’t have to!. I read this and found myself pretty much swearing under my breath. Like a sailor. I think I’m gonna nominate Musing Minds for a for a Spade! I think I’m gonna nominate Jeanette, too, because no one calls a spade a spade like she does, even on herself! Read more
Which is certainly admirable of him. But I wish McCain would stop and think for a moment how his “Maverick for the Media” games have helped contribute to the whole sense of instability that exists not in Iraq, but in Washington DC. Ace has more. Read more
I always liked “Rock the Casbah,” myself. But Byron York tells us that this is something written, way back during the Clinton Administration. I dunno, I cannot imagine staid Richard E. Clarke writing this almost giddy passage: “old wily Osama will likely boogie to Baghdad.” In case you don’t remember, “Boogie to Baghdad” is the phrase that Richard Clarke, when he was the top White House counterterrorism official during the Clinton administration, used to express his fear that if American... Read more
Over at Stars and Stripes. Enjoy! Read more
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