“Freedom of Worship” from The Four Freedoms by Norman Rockwell Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petit...

You’ll want to read neo-neocon today. She’s got quotes by Lenin and thoughts on Dostoevsky and yes, it’s all relevant, relevant, relevant. The quotes from Lenin are chilling and you will be able to relate all of them to what is happening in America, today, even though President Oba...

Let me tell you what today has been like, and we’re only a few hours into it. Those of you who don’t understand what a low-down, bitchy sinner I am may be surprised. Those of you who do know (or suspect) that I am a bitchy sinner will be gratified. I started the morning crabbing to my hu...

For reasons not worth getting into, there are times when my entire body is just one big ball of pain, where every inch of me aches. Usually it has to do with an incoming storm, or a weather system that is passing nearby. It happened tonight. We had a beautifully warm day, and I had no idea what the ...

The piano is annoying as hell, but watch it. As Vodkapundit says: Obama finally found a cut he likes. You know, we could raise money for scholarships for these kids and many others in just a few hours, if the president really wanted to - if the president really cared - and was not so beholden to tea...

Because he is all over the news (particularly since the Politico has uncovered a little WH plumbing operation in which he been systematically targeted by Obama’s office), I tuned in to Rush Limbaugh for his opening monologue. Riveting. I’m not a regular listener, but it was amusing and a...

Buster is visiting from college for a few days and when I asked if there was anything special he wanted me to cook he cocked the eyebrow and said, “it’s Lent. Friday is coming. What else but Macaroni and Cheese?” In our family, mac and cheese is a pretty simple affair, but people g...

It’s very bright-white-snowy-glarey out there. It’s a day for lounging on the sofa with a steaming hot cup of Mystic Monk Hazelnut Coffee and catching up on some Lenten reading. I understand some found my prognostications on the economy yesterday much too cheerless and my email suggests ...

That would be the finding of the very ummm…let me be kind here…intellectually incurious, so-saturated- with -political correctness that they can no longer think, or view anything but through their narrow, narrow prism - Anglican Church of Canada: The Anglican Church of Canada (ACoC) has ...

Rachel Lucas. I cannot tell you how much I am enjoying the chronicles of her adventures in England - the language difficulties, the way things explode on her, the way she charitably puts up with British Telephone until she doesn’t, anymore, the the beautiful surprises, the lack of salsa, near ...