Apr
23
The jerkstore just called and they’re running out of you
April 23, 2009 | Comments Off
As I may have mentioned in the past, my wife and I have a small (fe)ebay business. Mainly it involves a bunch of pottery and collectibles she inherited from her uncle. We’ve shipped as far away as Australia, and the buyers have been content to pay the fees associated with international shipping. Today we received [...]
Apr
23
Real men wear shorts
April 23, 2009 | 2 Comments
If they’re good enough for the Pope . . . One of the photos shows Karol Wojtyla, then the archbishop of Krakow, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and a red bandana scarf. An enormous fish is lying at his feet. Another photo depicts Wojtyla having a meal in front of his tent. The photos were taken [...]
Apr
23
McCain denounces OLC “witch hunt”
April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
An indication that those who are clamoring for prosecutions of those involved in the OLC torture memos may have gone too far: John McCain is calling it a witch hunt. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) warned Thursday that any attempt by the Obama administration to prosecute the Bush-era lawyers who wrote memos signing off on waterboarding [...]
Apr
23
People just do not understand the dangers of the promotion of contraception
April 23, 2009 | 1 Comment
That is the conclusion I’ve come to in the wake of reading the responses to this post by R.S. McCain. McCain is writing about the decision to make Plan-B contraception available to 17-year old women. Who cares that she’s not even old enough to buy a pack of cigarettes legally? Get her drunk on wine [...]
Apr
23
Actually, Hillary might have a point
April 23, 2009 | Comments Off
Kathryn Lopez has a Corner post up titled, “Hillary Compares Margaret Sanger to Thomas Jefferson.” Presumably, K-Lo is upset by this comparison. I don’t know. I’ve always tended to side with Conor Cruise O’Brien’s assessment of Jefferson that “the twentieth-century statesman he would have admired most is Pol Pot.” Hyperbole yes, but it also hints [...]
Apr
23
Avast ye matey!
April 23, 2009 | Comments Off
In honor of the great bard’s 445th birthday, today is Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Follow the link for some helpful tips. And yes, I know that the post title is more fitting for Talk Like a Pirate Day, but after watching South Park last night, I felt it appropriate.