Archive for December, 2006
There’s an interesting interview (transcript, mp3 and video!) with Gov. Mitt Romney over at HumanEvents.com. Romney seems to believe that his square jaw and ultra-religiousness will transcend his contradictory stances on a variety of social issues over the course of his political career.
For instance, in answering a question about potential criticism from Religious Conservatives concerning [...]
Just read a report in The City Paper about a Metro (Nashville) Schools substitute teacher who has both a criminal record and a recent arrest, yet the HR person at Metro Schools can’t say whether the sub will be spending the day supervising school children come January 8th.
What’s interesting about the article is the apparent [...]
I am still not sure why anyone’s so excited about Sen. Barack Obama–perhaps it is a reflection of the discomfort with Edwards and Hillary.
But I have to disagree with the thesis of this Dick Morris and Eileen McGann op/ed (via VolunteerVoters.com via straighttalkalabama.com). For the record, I think Morris is a master marketer but he [...]
Thank you (and curse you) ABC Family Channel for your 25 days of Christmas programming this month. Almost every night that channel has broadcast a baby-boomer-era Christmas program (typically stop motion animation) and my kids have enjoyed seeing them.
But it occurred to me on Christmas day–when my middle child asked me a question about Santa [...]
Here’s a great report (here) about the book Who Really Cares by Arthur Brooks. While the story has been out there awhile, the book and in depth study of the data is new.
Conclusions? Religiously devout people are more generous than those who are not religiously devout. Accordingly, Americans, Republicans and Conservatives are more generous because [...]
Channel surfing while ESPN was showing a commercial, I came across Patton, starring George C. Scott. I’ve never watched the entire movie, though I’ve been familiar with it since childhood. Even the small portion that I watched was fascinating–though I have to admit I probably missed “the point” of the movie. And I don’t know [...]
An interesting story from today, from the AP: “California Man Sets Himself, American Flag, Christmas Tree on Fire to Protest Religious Names.” The man survived!
We’re visiting “the cousins”–my sister and her family in Alabama, and one of the best things about the holidays is having more time for activities like baking cookies, visiting family, etc. Actually, I guess we just make time for such things during the holidays.
Yesterday my four-year-old nephew brought me a stack of picture books [...]
Like me, you may have noticed the term “reality-based” being revived in discussions about the Iraq Study Group’s report. Well, I’m a little embarrassed to admit it, but though I had heard the many sniffling, disparaging references from Liberals about “reality-based” policy over the past few years, I was not clear about its source (I [...]
I thought I checked my messages all weekend, but somehow I missed my invite to meet Mitt while he was in Middle Tennessee. Oh well, accidents happen.
In any event, the ‘08 Presidential nomination campaign has already started so I’m planning to do a great deal of deep thinking* about folks like Mitt Romney in the [...]
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