Author: Bearpaw

Thankfully, I’ve only passing experience with some of these things, but in my limited and humble experience, John Scalzi nails it: Being Poor Being poor is knowing exactly how much everything costs. Being poor is getting...

[From the diaries by susanhu. Don’t miss the stats below on % of Nat’l Guard in Iraq — I heard the same on CNN today.] I get most of my news via various net sources, but my impression is that there are various...

Cintra Wilson shares an excellent reporter’s-eye-view of Scott McClellan’s sweaty days in July, when the Whitehouse Press Corps actually kinda sorta did their jobs. In her Salon article “I invaded the White...

According to certain pundits with whom we are all too, too familiar, it’s evidently undignified, despicable, and possibly treasonous for relatives of those who have died in Iraq to publically voice their opinions. There...

I first saw this story this morning in the Boston Metro, front page and above the fold.  The Christian Science Monitor has the full story online.  (Don’t let their name fool you.  The Christian Science...