Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time? Jesse Helms in 1959, as quote...

There's perfect mean snowball snow outside right now -- a quarter-inch of grainy moist stuff that packs into a juicy ball.  I whipped one at my car and it bounced off the windshield and into the woods, but not before making a nice "bomp!" sound* and kicking up a spray of white. A...

Did you read the links from yesterday? I hope so, because some of these quotes play off those articles. “I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.R...

"We need to be very forceful in clarifying what the words in our political vocabulary really mean. Words are important because they shape our thinking, and our thinking drives our actions. When we subvert the meaning of words like 'the common good' or 'conscience' or 'community' or 'family,' we unde...

Activism is easy. Changing things is hard....

Hol-ee Kalas, I think I might jump out of my face. The WFC Phillies are going to play some baseball today. It'll  be the most meaningful meaningless game we've ever heard (tune in: 1PM on WPHT 1210 AM or WUBA 1480 AM), with Jamie Moyer scheduled to get the "start" and Hammerin' Joe Blanton taking t...

Brad Lidge may have been perfect in save opps last season, but that's not say he isn't human. Seems he falls prey to the deliciousness of Chickie's and Pete's crab fries just like the rest of us. And who can blame him? The stand is right next to the bullpen. However, when combined with the adrenalin...

The three great essentials to achieving anything worthwhile are; first, hard work, second, stick-to-it-iveness, and third, common sense.   –  Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931)  American Inventor “What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?”  –Â...

I have grown cynical since 1979 when I found myself in Washington as a 24 year old sprite, agog at the majesty and towering historical figures with whom I was rubbing shoulders. But the reverence I had for politicians and our system of government back then was misplaced. I see now that the stately b...

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. -Philip Dick Love the path you travel and you will enjoy reality. -Rosie Cash...