I know it’s emotionally immature to revel in the failings of one’s ideological opponents, but I have to admit to a wry smile or two upon reading of a group of PETA protestors being accosted for their hideous propaganda. By…
One of the most commonly repeated phrases that parents-to-be hear, and I’m speaking from experience here, is “Enjoy it while you can. They grow up so fast!” Experienced parents repeat this phrase over and over in a nigh-ritualistic fashion, exhorting…
Have you heard about former Bush advisor Claude Allen who allegedly shoplifted almost $5,500 in goods from a Maryland Target store? Well, the story just gets stranger: he may well have a good shot at the old “It wasn’t me,…
These days, it seems as if everyone is ready and willing to throw together a demonstration, protest, march, or riot at the slightest provocation: Supreme Court appointments, elections, Presidential visits, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, sports championships (both won…
If you’ve payed careful attention to the news in recent days, you probably have seen reports of proposed legislation in New Jersey that would prohibit anonymous online posts in order to impose “civility” on the Web. If service providers refused…
A tear came to my eye last night as I read of the death of Kirby Puckett, one of my childhood heroes. As a child of the ’80’s growing up on the south side of Minneapolis, there seemed no higher…
Recently, I’ve caught myself wondering what happened to all the primetime TV sitcom gimmicks. Where’d they go? Who decided to nuke ’em? I mean, there’s nary an alien puppet, robotic little girl, strange alien child with the ability to freeze…
In the wake of Crash‘s upset of Brokeback Mountain for best picture at last night’s Oscars, Glenn Reynold linked to a post by Mickey Kaus claiming that the members of the Academy were not voting their consciences on the matter…
I don’t know if y’all have seen (and, presumably, laughed uproariously at) Chariman Dean’s recent comedy bitspeech, but it reads like pure comedy gold. Had me in stitches, actually: “Karl Rove says that the Republicans are going to win on…
Some days I’m more than a little sad to have ever been a part of a PC-USA church; today, unfortunately, is one of those days. Please don’t read this as an indictment of Presbyterians in general. The vast majority of…
