Month: April 2008

I turned forty-one last year.  I am fairly certain, in biological terms, I’m on the downhill slope of life.  But I still feel magic in the world. As I get older, I’ve come to understand that magic is...

Reading this MyDD analysis of Obama’s rhetorical flub about rural Pennsylvania voters, which would be 100% excellent if not for the writer’s insane devotion to ignoring the apostrophe whenever trying to condense...

It looks like the Pope is intent on embarrassing our president when he makes his trip here next week. During a Thursday conference call sponsored by the nonprofit organization Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, a number...

It is coming up on April 15th, so it is time for what may become an “evergreen” piece for me. For those who have not wasted too much time reading everything they can get their hands on, an “evergreen” is...

I seldom write diaries here & even my comments are short -but I’m here to announce that I just got banned from posting at Crooks & Liars for the capital crime of … criticizing Howie Klein’s taste in...