Aug
29
Why this pick works
August 29, 2008 | 28 Comments
One only has to observe the enthusiasm in especially socially conservative circles to understand why McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin was a stroke of brilliance. Not only does the pick nudge conservative fence-setters into McCain’s camps, it turns tepid supportes into enthusiastic supporters. While one can argue that the selection won’t pull that many independent [...]
Aug
29
This drives me nuts
August 29, 2008 | 1 Comment
So I’m home from work a little early, and I am catching the end of the Phillies-Cubs game. At least for a few days I’m a big Cubs fan. Anyway, the Cubs are leading 3-2 in the 8th, and they put two runners on base, and Mark DeRosa coming up. And what does Lou Pineilla [...]
Aug
29
John McCain for President
August 29, 2008 | 10 Comments
My vote was really never in doubt, but a Ridge, Lieberman or Hutchison VP pick would have had me staying at home on election day. With his selection of Sarah Palin to be his running mate, John McCain has reinforced my decision to vote for him in the general election. And with my vote, maybe [...]
Aug
29
Okay, it’s me Palin
August 29, 2008 | 7 Comments
John McCain wanted to wait until after the Democratic convention in order to announce his running mate, but I think we can reveal the truth now. It’s me. I am John McCain’s running mate. I am proud to be a part of what will be an historic campaign. And even though I am four years [...]
Aug
28
A very different idea of protection
August 28, 2008 | Comments Off
From the last graph of Obama’s acceptance speech: America, we cannot turn back. Not with so much work to be done. Not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for. Not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild and farms to save. Not with so many families to [...]
Aug
28
Good things come in threes
August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment
As I said in the previous post, DC sure is an amusing place to live. Walking to the bus stop on my way home from work, I flipped to the local sports radio station on my Walkman (yes, I still carry one, just to listen to the radio), and it was the pregame show for [...]
Aug
28
And I’m running for the Governor of Bethesda
August 28, 2008 | Comments Off
Washington DC just provides a never ending source of amusement. All over town I have seen campaign banners promoting Paul Strauss. Strauss is running for re-election to the U.S. Senate. I have to admit I was a bit confused. I am a pretty knowledgeable fella when it comes to the US government, and I have [...]
Aug
28
WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH
August 28, 2008 | 4 Comments
Awww, poow Jimmy Wollins doesn’t wike it when other teams do good. According to David Lennon and Wallace Matthews at Newsday, Jimmy Rollins made another reference to the home run celebrations by the Mets. Rollins was quoted as saying: “We don’t talk about celebrations, we just notice them … Nobody in particular. The whole team, [...]
Aug
28
No Hutchison
August 28, 2008 | 2 Comments
Senator McCain has made his running mate selection, and it will be announced tomorrow. One name that has suddenly emerged as a leading contender is Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison. There are a lot of reasons to like Hutchison. She has a fairly solid conservative voting record, and on the particular issue of abortion she [...]
Aug
27
WNR
August 27, 2008 | 6 Comments
Against my better judgment I decided to watch the Democratic National Convention. After listening to speaker after speaker after speaker talk about our country as if we are all hopeless sheep that have been brought to the brink of slaughter by the wicked George W. Bush, I have simply had enough. America is not a [...]
Aug
27
A pro-life victory
August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
Stephen Spruiell has been following the drafting of the GOP convention platform all day, and the final issue discussed was embryonic stem cell research. The 2008 Republican Platform Committee has finally reached the finish line, but before it crossed it tripped up on the issue of stem-cell research. When the committee reached the stem-cell language, [...]
Aug
27
When does it end?
August 27, 2008 | 3 Comments
Based on a recommendation, I assigned Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset for our Church’s book club’s next meeting. I am doing all I can to finish the entire series, even though we’re only talking about Book One – “The Bridal Wreath,” and I’d like to finish in the next day or two so that I [...]
Aug
27
That’s a low bar you’ve set there
August 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
Kathryn Jean Lopez blogs about an incident involving Sean Penn. I’m standing outside the Brown Palace Hotel here in Denver next to Sean Penn. A man approaches him and asks, Mr. Penn, can I take your picture?” The bearded and shaded Penn replies, “actually, I rather you not.” Even if you think actors could afford [...]
Aug
27
Bush: so evil he’s even screwing up the British economy
August 27, 2008 | Comments Off
After a night of how the evil Chimpy McHaliburton regime is tearing down the American economy, it is especially disheartening to see that its tentacles have reached accross the Atlantic. One in seven children in Britain – almost 1.8m – now live in totally work-free households, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the [...]
Aug
27
Defender of the unborn. But don’t say it too loudly
August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments
I remember arguing with Catholics a little less than two years ago on the Santorum-Casey Senate race in Pennsylvania. Oh, sure, Rick Santorum was just about the greatest champion for the unborn in the entire Congress, and was one of the most outspoken champions of life that we had – but he endorsed Arlen Specter! [...]
Aug
26
The lies they tell
August 26, 2008 | 5 Comments
I haven’t watched much at all of the Democratic convention, but the little I have seen is one person whining after another. I caught a couple of seconds of Mdme. Hillary’s moment of triumph, and she trotted out a line that she has used often on the campaign trail: “Money borrowed from the Chinese to [...]
Aug
26
I wish he would express how he truly felt
August 26, 2008 | Comments Off
Courtesy of Jay Anderson comes the latest prelate’s response to Nancy Pelosi. Here is what Cardinal Egan had to say: Like many other citizens of this nation, I was shocked to learn that the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America would make the kind of statements that were made [...]
Aug
26
Weigel on Pelosi and Obama
August 26, 2008 | Comments Off
George Weigel has an absolute must-read column on the deficiencies in the recent responses that Pelosi and Obama have given on the abortion question. At the Aug. 16 “Civil Forum on the Presidency” at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., Sen. Barack Obama was asked by pastor Rick Warren, “At what point does a baby [...]
Aug
26
This week’s sign that the apocalypse is nigh
August 26, 2008 | Comments Off
There are stories that make your blood boil, and there are stories that make you weep for your country. And then there are stories that do a little of both. A Connecticut youth baseball team with a phenomenal 9-year-old pitcher has been disqualified because its team is too good. The team, Will Power Fitness, has [...]
Aug
25
Miracle!
August 25, 2008 | 2 Comments
After having given up on any hope that my committee would get back to me before the beginning of the school year, and even having gone so far as to register today for another semester of guidance, my chair emailed me to inform that he thinks my dissertation – with some minor tweaks – is [...]