Bachmann Overdrive
After today's U.S. credit worthiness downgrade by S&P (now a rating agency is running the country?), the likely 2012 presidential candidates were out in force. I was particularly struck by an oft...
View ArticleKilling NPR
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service offer overwhelmingly fine and thoughtful programming. Thus, the idea of slashing the pittance in...
View ArticleJust when I thought I was out, they pull me back in....
...Well, not THEY. She, actually. The lovely and talented VR. I have been shunning the blogosphere lately—yes, shunning. I got e-fatigue. But then, it happened. Something amazing; the hard work finally...
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We, the Voyeurs
As a product of the television generation, I need the box going in the background—the soothing murmur of voices, the flicker of moving images—the constant drone of my childhood. Thus my love for Turner...
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Patron Saints and Made Guys
Today is Valentine’s Day, but Valentine is not the saint of the day, according to the Catholic Church, arbiter of all things saintly. Well, at least not according to Catholic Online, though I’m not...
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