Feedback, back, back
There’s an idea that has come up in a couple of conversations recently that I am not sure I am articulating very well, so I think I’ll have a go at it here. We don’t have very many Presidential elections…
Category: navel gazing
Extreme Games
From Since You Asked, because Joe Klein had said that “the real enemies of the state are … ideological extremists” in a way that seemed to imply that Duncan Black (also known as Atrios) is one of them. This seemed…
The Youngest Member
It seems that a Bean and a Crumpet and an Egg were sharing a little dinner at their club, when the subject came up of what to call the Youngest Member. The Crumpet suggested that the appellation Perfect Non-Reader be…
and there’s the cook, who has more influence than anybody
The Guardian has an odd and strangely entertaining list going on of the fifty most influential unelected people in England, or possibly Great Britain. Anyway, they’ve convened a panel, and printed an initial list of nominees. The list is quite…
I’m OK, You’re OK, We’re Screwed
The first time I voted for President was in 1988; I cast my absentee ballot for Michael Dukakis, and watched him go down to bitter defeat. There were many, many reasons for that defeat, but the moment I remember thinking…
“There is considerable diversity of opinion…”
I wasn’t going to write another note today, but I do want to draw the attention of any interested parties to the Report of the Communion Subgroup to the Primates Meeting of the Anglican Communion. The short version is given…
Not actually a lie, unless it’s a lie, too
I hope that Gentle Readers aren’t paying too much attention to the news these days (other than the news out of Spring Training camp), but the problem with paying a little attention to the news is that you can get…
Barack Obama: a certain audacity
I have been asked to look at the recent announcement speech Barack Obama gave, and I should tell you, Gentle Readers, that as I was not knocked out by Sen. Obama’s 2004 DNC keynote speech as much as everybody else…
take yourself as a baseline
As we get into the Presidential race, there’s a lot of hoo-hah about which candidates where Correct and which were Incorrect about the invasion. The top tier in my Party includes one candidate who was agin from the beginning, but…
executive, experience, exception
So, YHB was invited by our Gracious Host to discuss Barack Obama’s announcement speech, so I will, and I’m working on that. But as I started looking around, I was thinking, when was the last time we elected a President…