Month: May 2006

Aaaaaaaaarrgh! Welcome to the Froggy Bottom Pirate Lounge All Pirates should introduce themselves to the Buxom Wenches. Your host tonight is Maryb. Hooks and parrots must be checked at the door. Please recommend (and unrecommend...

Terri Schiavo became the inadvertent poster child for government “meddling” a la the Religious Right when her husband sought to have her feeding tube removed.  The resulting national feeding frenzy dealt a harsh...

Perhaps my interest in the intersection of parenting and politics comes from the fact that I was trained as a family therapist combined with my lifelong interest in politics. But it also might be the result of being raised in a...

Dexter Filkins and Richard Oppel Jr. get right to the point in their NYT’s article: Iraqi leaders on Saturday approved a full-term government here for the first time since the fall of Saddam Hussein more than three years...

Welcome Everybody (Especially Newcomers) to the Froggy Bottom Café Please introduce yourself if you haven’t so far. Your host today is Maryb. Newspapers are in their usual place next to the door. Please recommend (and...