Month: April 2005

Take This Word and Love It (1)

I love words. Only, it seems that loving them and keeping them handy are two different things. If you don’t use it, you lose it and all that. When I was younger, I used to write a lot… maybe not well, but I still had...

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“Microsoft Should Fire Ralph Reed”

Related news across the pond: “Several Spanish mayors have said they will refuse to marry same sex couples despite a bill passed by deputies which would allow gay couples to wed.” Spain’s lower house passed the...

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The Conservative Soul

How can Rush Limbaugh look at himself each morning in the mirror and not vomit? Why is there no more painful sight in the world that a roomful of Republicans attempting to dance? How can Lynn Cheney can refrain from strangling...

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Progressives to DeLay: Thank You!

…or how I learned to stop worrying and love the K Street Project. This morning’s David Sirota post on ethics/reform opportunities for Democrats (rah-rahed here) makes a compelling case that both state and national...

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A Diamond in the Rough

Last weekend, my wife and I got in our car and left the city.  We drove out of Philadelphia, past the airport, onto the blue route.  Our destination was an old used bookstore, a bookstore we hadn’t visited in...

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