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The 4th of July
Andrew Sullivan hits the nail on the head: I believe in life. I believe in treasuring it as a mystery that will never be fully understood, as a sanctity that should never be destroyed, as an invitation to experience now what can only be remembered tomorrow. I believe in its indivisibility, in the intimate connection between the newest bud of spring and the...
Lit 101 Class in Three Lines or Less
All you English teachers should love this.
Religious Factoids
Evangelicals and Muslims: Peas in a pod? Which groups have the biggest anti-gay agenda? How many atheists believe in God? (Unanswered: Why are they unclear about what "atheist" means?) All this and more.
Dobson
It may not be the most Christian thought, but I hate what James Dobson has done to Christianity. In that light it's unsurprising that I found his recent accusation that Barak Obama is "deliberately distorting the traditional understanding of the Bible to fit his own world view, his own confused theology" to be offensive. (And it's not like Barak Obama is a...
And now…
The Democrats capitulate to the Bush White House, American civil liberties are once again crushed, and the evil-doers go scot free. At some point here--and I don't know when--it's going to dawn on people that the US government is a serious threat to freedom. Honestly, it makes one ill.
I think I know this girl…
Andrew Sullivan posts a CraigsList classic, The Date from Hell.
An end to the Clinton campaign
An end to the Clinton campaign and a South Dakota "victory" speech with everything but a concession and endorsement. You know, the things it needed. But despite a wave of negative response to the speech, I'm inclined to take Barak Obama's generous view, which is to say that he's formed a veep selection committee and is moving on regardless of her campaign....
Onward
Obama gives a great speech in claiming the Democratic nomination: Meanwhile, John McCain decides that spying on American citizens is OK. I have no clue why McCain believes that running for a Bush third term is a successful strategy. Right now it looks to me like Obama wins the presidency running away.
Veeps tells joke; West Virginians come unhinged
All quotes from MSNBC. Talking about his family roots and how he's distantly related to Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, the vice president noted that he had Cheneys on both sides of his family. "And we don't even live in West Virginia," Cheney quipped. I'm sorry, I can't stand the guy and even I thought that was funny. But the reaction is...
Looking for the argument
I've long said that I can't find a reasonable argument against gay marriage in a civil context. (What various religions want to get in a twist about is up to them.) What's good for the goose is good for the gander. And the gander. And the goose and the goose. Anyway, what I've been pondering--particularly in the wake of the kidnapping of children by the...
Essays
Things That Go Bang
Published months ahead of schedule, an exploratory essay on America and the Fourth of July. Continuing my self-appointed role as Job's comforter, I gently probe the nation's tender psyche with my ice-pick-like wit. Trotsky-esque. Every Fourth of July I wonder just how many people have lit firecrackers and blown their fingers off in the name of freedom. Individual pyrotechnics are such a poor way to celebrate the freedoms we're supposed to cherish as Americans, especially...
America Off-Line
Online fascists battle intellectual freedom. Freedom 1, AOL 0. Steve Case as Oliver Cromwell minus charm. And brains. My fight for truth, justice and the other thing. Fun for the whole family. AOL: Get Your Tricycle Off the Superhighway Long the laughingstock of the high tech intelligensia, America On-Line (commonly abbreviated DOA) has truly outdone themselves since December 1996 in providing almost daily comedy for Internet users everywhere. Well, everywhere but on AOL,...
Chiropractic Treatment: One Man’s Tail
Taking a break from the otherwise hum-drum world of painfree living, I injure my lower back and enter the Land of Oz where I meet the Wizard, his lovely assistant Dr. Kim and his still-searching-for-a-brain heavy, Juan. In their delightful wonderland of chiropractic treatment, I discover the joys and benefits of this pseudo-medical care. No longer branded "complete nincompoops" by the American Medical Association, these chiropractic practioners revel in their "partial...
Iomega Jaz
You don't want to know how long it took for me to get a functioning Jaz drive from Iomega, but I tell you anyway. Mein kampf in less than a page. Heart of darkness ("The horror! The horror!") to Shangri-La. Eighth wonder of the world or desktop Three Mile Island? Presenting yet another sure-fire insomnia cure of a review. In a move that, in terms of sheer idiocy, must have rivalled Custer's strategy (i.e. "Let's git'em!") at the Little Bighorn, I bought one of the first Jaz...