I would have never guessed that Camille Paglia would be in awe of Sara Palin or perceive her as follows, “Conservative though she may be, I felt that Palin represented an explosion of a brand new style of muscular American feminism. At her startling debut on that day, she was combining male and female qualities […]
Thanks to all of the folks who have written about the use of cluster bombs and cluster munitions in Russia and Georgia:
Re: Vast Write Wing - August 2008 by Lynn via The Vast Write Wing.
Russia Has Dropped Cluster Bombs on Civilians by Gary via Turning Left.
Russia Has Dropped Cluster Bombs on Civilians by Gary […]
Suki Fuller and Chris Abraham at lunch at U-Topia on U Street in Washington, DC.
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En route to New York City from Washington
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According to an online quiz on Details, “Are Your That Guy,” I am totally that guy: a total douchebag, apparently.
1 You initiate fist bumps.
Yes
No
Someone told me that high-fives are passe so I have replaced them with bumps and regular, manly, handshakes.
2 You order foreign dishes in an accent.
Yes
No
I ask for foreign dishes, yes, properly. If […]
This is written by Jessie Whitfield and comes via The Best Article Every day:
1. Oral sex is illegal in 18 states, including Arizona (including DC and Virginia).
2. In Virginia, it is illegal to have sex with the lights on.
3. It is illegal for husbands in Willowdale, Oregon, to talk dirty during intercourse.
4. Sexual intercourse between […]
This is an op-ed written by Jerry White, founder of Survivor Corps and author of I Will Not Be Broken: Five Steps to Overcoming a Life Crisis, on the Fourth of July, 2008:
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.” These are not the words of a […]
I am very pleased that Senator Jim Webb was able to get his Bill, the Webb GI Bill, signed into law because I have been ashamed of the way our government shows its appreciation to our vets of foreign wars, including the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Senator Webb is right, some of the most […]
Zach Goldfarb wrote a great post over at the Washington Post and popped me an email to see if I had any comment on it. I did! The article was posted on Friday last and is called TechPost: Washington’s Twin Tech Towns. My comment starts right below the following video:
I attended the Spank party for […]
Fresh off the wire and directly from the Supreme Court, Via the Chicago Tribune:
“The Supreme Court says individuals have a right to own guns, and so has struck down a handgun ban in Washington, D.C.”
“Chicago’s handgun ban has lasted for more than a quarter-century, but it’s under threat after the Supreme Court on Thursday […]