Lots of questions, no answers, as usual…
On or about the morning of March 28, Your Humble Blogger put together a blogroll, of sorts. Two of the sites I linked to were Nathan Newman and the Daily Kos. Shortly after I linked to them, both of them…
Vardibidian Predicts
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Your Humble Blogger’s MLB Predictions, brought to you by Vardibidian Predicts—We’re Never Wrong (unless you count factual inaccuracy) NL West NL Central NL East San Diego Houston Philadelphia San Francisco Chicago Florida Arizona St. Louis Atlanta Los Angeles Cincinnati Montreal…
Book Report: Ten and a Kid
Your Humble Blogger was enjoying re-reading the K’ton’ton stories, so it was an obvious next step to check the library catalogue for other books by Sadie Rose Weilerstein. I’m glad I did, as I found Ten and a Kid (Philadelphia:…
brevis lux, or unexpectedly personal
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One of the main characters of The Ides of March is Catullus, the damaged, diseased, brilliant, athletic, dying poet. As it happened, Your Humble Blogger had a very nice conversation about Catullus, back in college, concerning the poem that Thornton…
Book Report: The Ides of March
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I’m a fan of Thornton Wilder for some reason. I adore The Skin of Our Teeth, despite how totally dated it feels. I can stand Our Town, despite its iconage. And I really like The Ides of March (New York:…
Red, Blue, and what?
OK, so Your Humble Blogger may as well join the blogofuss. Sasha Issenberg wrote an article in Philadelphia magazine called “Boo-Boos in Paradise.” In the article, he criticizes David Brooks’ article in the December 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly…
Gordon Fox, proud
The Same-Sex Marriage discussion continues to fascinate me. This (regreq) story, which feels like an April Fools’ story but appears to be true, shows a politician changing the speech on the fly from “making the case” for same-sex marriage to…
On the air in three … two …
For those of you who are interested, don’t forget that Air America will begin broadcasting at noon today (Eastern, I believe). I suppose it’s the liberal answer to the Clear Channel. I fully expect to shut it off in disgust…
Book Report: The Hobbit
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How many times has Your Humble Blogger read The Hobbit (New York: Ballantine 1973)? How many roses are sprinkled with dew? I read it the first time in the day or two before the Rankin/Bass version was televised, so I…
Congressional Oversight
Your Humble Blogger is glad that Condoleezza Rice will testify, in public and under oath, before the Commission on whatever the Commission is on about. Our Only President and his cronies seem to be obsessed with secrecy, and they should…