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Author Archives: Vardibidian
Leadership, of sorts
One strain of thought sparked by a recent Molly Ivins column has been about the nature of people in positions of power, and the differences between leadership based on the support of followers, and that based on the control of…
The Main Drag (edited)
Well, if you were looking for a reason to watch the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade all the way to the end, how about Mrs. Claus, “the man in the big red dress,” portrayed by Harvey Fierstein? Redintegro Iraq,-Vardibidian. OK, it…
McAuliffe, at the Prospect and the Daily Kos
Your Humble Blogger just read a remarkably well-written and perceptive note by ‘DHinMI’ over at the Daily Kos. It’s a defense, more or less, of Terry McAuliffe and the DNC, based more or less on Harold Meyerson’s article in the…
Ooo, I scared myself
Your Humble Blogger is still, slowly, working his way through Whitehall, by Peter Hennesy (New York: Free Press © 1989). It’s not actually that terrific a book, but it has led me to question a few things that I had…
Hardball
Your Humble Blogger hopes that none of y’all Gentle Readers have been wasting any valuable blog-reading time on the buffoon Chris Matthews and his worthless interviews with the Democratic presidential candidates. I happened to see his recent interview with Carol…
Woo Hoo!
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has spoken: the ban on same-sex marriages violates individual liberties and dignities, and violates the Massachusetts Constitution. Go read analyses elsewhere, Your Humble Blogger can’t even think straight at the moment. Hip, hip, HOORAY! Redintegro…
Presidential Leadership
So, a couple of weeks ago, Your Humble Blogger officially opened up this Tohu Bohu to presidential politics, and my first question is what kinds of leadership qualities we want in a President just now. For instance, Gov. Dean’s remarkable…
Wit
I think it was Clive Anderson who pointed out that what we need is a contemporary wit to whom to attribute witticisms. I mean, if something is timelessly witty, you can attribute it to Oscar Wilde, or if it’s just…
steroids, and attitudes
Your Humble Blogger has been, for his sins, reading a thread about steroids over at Baseball Primer. There are interesting things about the discussion (along with the usual noise) but it occurred to me that people’s attitudes about steroid use…