“The President acts like a king,” said the Senate Leadership. “This President has exceeded his constitutional authority and supplanted Congress and the will of the people,” said the House leadership. “I will act in the best interests of the nation,” declared the President. “Treason,” shouted the Congress. “Treason,” shouted the President. This was in the…
“America!” said many Irish immigrants peering from the deck of their ship at their first glimpse of New York harbor, long before there was any Statue of Liberty. America represented hope to them. America represented liberty. America represented whatever their dreams could muster, for they had heard that America was a place where you could…
My earlier post today, Grubercare/Grubergate, was started at 4:00AM. I posted it and edited it as best as I could by 8:20AM. What seems like a few words took me a total of 4 hours and 20 minutes. It was time well spent, because every writer looks forward to a complete immersion into the writing…
Jonathan Gruber. “I don’t know who he is,” said Nancy Pelosi, recently. “You meant to say Hans Gruber,” someone said. “No. Jonathan Gruber, not Hans Gruber. Hans Gruber is the bad guy, John McClain’s nemesis, in the movie Diehard,” someone offered. “Well, they seem a lot alike to me,” was the reply, “Only Hans knew…
I keep telling myself that. I tell myself over and over. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics. I will not write about politics…. I chastise myself, delete two hours worth of political bullshit I struggled to write…
Writing in my private journal, with fountain pen on paper, is definitely a low-tech, pleasurable experience. In my journal, I write about all the things I would not post here. You are likely mentioned in my journal, somewhere. Lately, I have felt compelled to write in my journal and not for publication. I have noticed…
Sooner or later, they’re going to come for people you do like. Fredrik DeBoer I was captured by an op-ed piece in The National Review‘s on-line edition by Charles C.W. Cooke which referenced an essay by Deboer, quoted above. To be clear, I did not fully read either essay, but was so captured by the…
[This was first published in 2006] Elsie McWilliams is one of America’s greatest songwriters. She has penned such songs as MISSISSIPPI MOON, YOU AND MY OLD GUITAR, EVERYBODY DOES IT IN HAWAII, THE LULLABY YODEL, THE SAILOR’S PLEA and WAITING’ FOR A TRAIN. She wrote most of these songs for and with her brother-in-law, Jimmie…
[This was first published in 2007] In 1975 I turned 18 years old. Being the political animal I was (and still am) I immediately went and registered to vote, looking forward to casting my first vote as a member of the responsible member of the nation’s electorate. I intended to take this responsibility seriously. I…
So, you were forced by unfortunate circumstances to stay at home and care for an aging parent with Alzheimer’s, or a spouse who had suffered a stroke, or a child born with Cerebral Palsy or disabled in a tragic accident. You have made great sacrifices to spend your time caring for a loved one in…
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