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Why they just won’t get it…….
The party I was a proud member of and still claim as my political home. When Lieberman abandons the principles of his party-because of his beliefs-somehow that is OK. When a moderate Republican says I can’t stand what the party I served has morphed into-that is an act of treason.
Continue readingPermission to go ashore……
In style. Another contemporary of mine has retired. Only he did it in the style that only he can do. ….he passes through the “side-boys” down the “after-brow” and “ashore” where he “doffs” his uniform blouse, dons a Hawaiian shirt, his wife cuts off his uniform trousers into shorts, then
Continue readingBeating the wrong horse…….
I’ve been following with considerable interest, the ongoing war debate between Thomas Ricks and the service academies. It all started with this article in the Washington Post: After covering the U.S. military for nearly two decades, I’ve concluded that graduates of the service academies don’t stand out compared to other
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On the feet of the girls of Ewha University in Korea. The rest of the bodies attached to feet in said shoes are not too bad either. 🙂
Continue readingThe North American version of SARS?
MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico’s government is ordering closed schools nationwide as the suspected death toll from swine flu climbed to 149. Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova says only 20 of the deaths have been confirmed to be from swine flu and the government was awaiting tests results on the
Continue readingIt’s the end of the world as we know it……….
When I agree with Glenn Reynolds: RADLEY BALKO: Putting MADD in Charge of America’s Highways. “With Hurley in charge, MADD’s goals will become NHTSA’s goals. That’s troubling because at heart, MADD is an activist organization. The groups once-admirable goal of raising public awareness about drunk driving has over the last
Continue readingMaking the circuit……….
I will never understand women. Not that understanding them has ever really been a goal-merely securing their daily cooperation will suffice for me. However, trying to understand how their twisted little minds work, is beyond any normal comprehension. Backing up. On Easter Sunday, the S.O. went to Mass with me.
Continue readingCharisma Man…….
Back in the day-shuttling from work to Tokyo for Japanese class-one of my favorite things to see upon rolling into the Black Lion pub in Meguro, was to pick up the latest edition of Japanzine. ( The Black Lion was right around the corner from my Japanese class-thus it was
Continue readingWhy the National Review Online survives…..
And why Jonah Goldberg has not been burned at the stake. (His book sucks by the way….). Because not every news magazine can be as good as The Economist. P.S. The Financial Times has Goldberg pegged pretty well too………
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