Top Comments 7-3-10 – Independence Revisited Edition
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate...
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Top Comments 7-10-10 – Frida Kahlo Edition
This week marks the 100th birthday of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. While there are some purists that say it is her 103rd birthday, Kahlo considered her birth year to be 1910 because it marked the start...
View ArticleTop Comments 7-17-10 – D-Day Edition Edition
What? You say this isn’t June 6? Of course not. That’s why the title says 7-17-10. And you aren’t seeing double, either. I named this the D-Day Edition Edition for the purpose of grammatic symmetry....
View ArticleTop Comments 7-20-10 – Drug Report Edition
I had a chance last week to do some reading about a range of medical information. A couple of items jumped out at me about prescription drugs and I wanted to share them. Since the FDA has become a...
View ArticleTop Comments 7-24-10 – Meet the Family Edition
Like many of you, I was not able to make it to Netroots Nation this year. Money, of course, is always an issue. But as it turns out, it was a very good thing because last weekend I got a new baby and I...
View ArticleTop Comments 7-31-10 - Dr. Angel Edition
Back in 2009 Dr. George Tiller was killed as he helped prepare for services at his church on Sunday morning. Shortly after returning from his friend’s funeral, Dr. William F Harrison wrote a wonderful...
View ArticleTop Comments 8-7-10 – Busy, Busy, Busy Edition
Time passes so fast these days. I opened my iGoogle account this afternoon and realized I had missed observing National Mustard Day, which is, as I’m sure you know, August 5. Between buying a car...
View ArticleTop Comments 8-14-10 – Fear and Loathing Edition
David Frum sent out a tweet during Robert Gibbs’ meltdown this week: More proof of my longtime thesis, Repub pols fear the GOP base; Dem pols hate the Dem base. I don’t know if it is original Frum –...
View ArticleTop Comments – 8-21-10 – Adaptability Edition
As Congress enjoys its summer recess, I have been thinking about last summer, when we were treated by the media to seemingly endless images of "ordinary citizens" displaying obnoxious behavior and...
View ArticleTop Comments 8-28-10 – Anniversaries Edition
Today is a remarkable day – filled as it is with birthdays and anniversaries. It seems to be a particularly auspicious day for writers, since it is the birthday of German playwright and poet Johann...
View ArticleTop Comments 9-25-10 – Road Trip Edition
Since I was 4 years old, my favorite activity has been the road trip. Short trips, long trips, alone or in groups – I love to be on the road. And, happily, that is just what has accounted for my...
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Top Comments – 9-27-10 – Carmel, IN Edition
Last Saturday I told you about my recent +5,000-mile tourismo in the American Northeast. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to show you some of the cool things I saw. Tonight I will introduce some of...
View ArticleTop Comments- 10-6-10 – Demons Edition
Demonizing the opposition – usually through ad hominem attacks – is one of the most obnoxious of fallacious arguments. It is used a lot in political arguments, notably TV ads, because it works. Thanks...
View ArticleTop Comments 10-8-10 – Omara Portuondo Edition
"What the heck is she doing writing a diary on a Friday night?" you may be asking yourself. Because I know you know I usually write here on Saturdays. "Perhaps she is going to do more than 40 percent...
View ArticleTop Comments 10-16-10 – Political Potpourri Edition
The closer it gets to elections, the less I tend to write about politics. It isn’t intentional, but I suspect it is more a reaction – an attempt to balance off the politics swirling all around. Since I...
View ArticleTop Comments 10-20-10 – Connections Edition
I had a lovely little rant teed up for today that will undoubtable appear at a later date. But this morning I started, as I often do, at Eschaton (got to keep up with the urban hellhole). Duncan Black...
View ArticleTop Comments 10-23-10 – Unemployment and Disability Edition
Nationwide the unemployment numbers hover around 10 percent, if you take the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) rosiest scenario (U3), or around 16 percent, if you use their more realistic U6 index. But...
View ArticleTop Comments 10-31-10 – Trick or Tweet Edition
Twitter, the international cocktail party that never stops. Perfect for chit-chat, idle gossip, rumors, and sometimes news. Speak your mind in 140 characters.Limit doesn’t allow for much depth or...
View ArticleTop Comments 11-6-10 – Fall Back Edition
Tonight at my house we are celebrating my husband’s favorite holiday – Fall Back Eve. For him, this is the time when all things are possible, because tomorrow he will get his hour back that was stolen...
View ArticleTop Comments 11-13-10 – Best Years Edition
There has been a lot of talk in the past few months about an "enthusiasm gap." And a lot of talk by angry, angry people who want to "take our country back." The electoral results will prove to be...
View ArticleTop Comments 11-20-10 – Over the River Edition
"Over the river and through the woods To grandmother’s house we go. The horse knows the way to carry the sleigh Through the white and drifted snow..."Yes, I know that’s a Christmas carol. But I can’t...
View ArticleTop Comments 12-8-10 – Frantic Edition
No, it hasn’t reached the panic stage yet, but life at Casa Carolita has kicked into high gear – virtually overnight. Since before Thanksgiving I have been in visit-the-relatives (and friends) mode –...
View ArticleTop Comments 12-11-10 – Birthday Edition
My sister called today to remind me that Wednesday is her birthday and to tell me how old she – and, by extension, I – will be. Since her birthday is a week before mine, she has always gotten to...
View ArticleTop Comments 12-25-10 – Christmas Edition
White Christmas is a wonderful movie that I have seen many times. It is not, however, an experience that I have ever had, nor one that I ever really want to have. In fact, the only time I have ever...
View ArticleTop Comments 1-1-11 – Happy New Year Edition
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the year 2011. Today is January 1st, or 1-1-11. It will be another 11 years, one month and one day before a date confluence of this sort occurs on...
View ArticleTop Comments 1-8-11 – Interesting Times Edition
Hunter Thompson’s 2003 memoir Kingdom of Fear : Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century has a chapter entitled "May You Live in Interesting Times," detailing...
View ArticleTop Comments 1-15-11 – NRA Part I Edition
PART I – Legislative Activity Then and NowThis is the first of a (for now) two-part series on the NRA and legislation. This diary explores a bit of legislative history in light of Rep. Carolyn...
View ArticleTop Comments 1-22-11 – NRA II Edition
NRA Leadership and PoliticsThis is the second of a (for now) two-part series on the NRA and their impact on the legislative process. The first diarylooked at the NRA and legislation in light of Rep....
View ArticleTop Comments 1-29-11 – Doing Good Edition
Sadly, regular exposure to politics can have a detrimental effect on your mental health. To defend ourselves from this, some of us turn off from politics altogether. But, since knowledge is power, that...
View ArticleTop Comments – 2-5-11 – Fire and Ice Edition
Fire and Ice by Robert FrostSome say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough...
View ArticleTop Comments 2-13-11: Auspicious Edition
If you are afflicted with triskaidekaphobia or metathesiophobia or if you are a hobbit or a Republican you may have greeted today with some trepidation. But fear not, for today is the auspicious...
View ArticleTop Comments 2-19-11: Presidents Day Edition
Good evening. I am so glad you could take a few minutes off from your busy holiday schedule to drop by. I'm sure most of you already have your decorations up and will probably spend tomorrow preparing...
View ArticleTop Comments 2.26.11: March Edition
March I a fun month, In part because it has more “celebrations” than it has days. In addition to the famous Ides of March, it offers a plethora of national observances, as well as daily opportunities...
View ArticleTop Comments 3.5.11: Frackin’ Unbelievable Edition
No one could have imagined that drilling deep holes and pumping down a pressurized heavy, dense slurry of chemicals designed to fracture the overburden and underlying rock formations along a KNOWN...
View ArticleTop Comments 3.12.11: Spring Forward Edition
Time to play Which State is the Most Retrograde.Admittedly, there are a lot of contenders, depending upon your criteria. Education? You can go by drop-out rate, test scores, graduation, college...
View ArticleTop Comments 3.19.11: Supermoon Edition
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Supermoon! Actually, it’s an extreme SuperMoon., when the new moon occurs while the moon is at perigee (the closest to the earth) in its orbit.And...
View ArticleTop Comments 3.26.11: Earth Hour Edition
Once upon a time there was Earth Day. Since 1970, Earth Day has been celebrated on April 22. Like so many important things – collective bargaining, for example – Earth Day began in Wisconsin, the...
View ArticleTop Comments 4.2.2011: End to War Edition
Today I was aimlessly channel-checking and ran across one of my favorite programs –Conversations with History on UCTV. Created and hosted by Harry Kriesler, the Executive Director of the Institute of...
View ArticleTop Comments 4.4.11: Internet Security Edition
Did you ever have that feeling that something is going on, but you don’t quite know what it is? I had that inkling early this morning when I checked my e-mail and saw an enormous list of messages from...
View ArticleTop Comments 5.7.11: Tornado Safety Edition
Given the number of people who died during three days and the fact that May is typically the month with the most tornadoes, I thought I would share some of my experiences. I was fortunate to have a...
View ArticleTop Comments 5.14.11: Entertainment Edition
Everyone needs some entertainment from time to time. This is probably more true today, as the stresses of too little time, too little money combine with information overload and high-demand life...
View ArticleTop Comments 5.21.11: Zombies Edition
Well I see you haven’t been raptured either. Now that we have the planet to ourselves, maybe we won’t have to put up with anymore posturing from politicians pandering to the fundamentalists and...
View ArticleTop Comments 5.28.11: Memories Edition
Perhaps foreshadowing Memorial Day, the past couple of days have bee filled with sad remembrance for me. Yesterday I was called to the bedside of my aunt, who died a few hours later. She was 96 and my...
View ArticleTop Comments 6.14.11: 5th Anniversary Edition
I was packing up to return home from a conference Friday when sardonyx called to invite me to write this anniversary diary. Since my old laptop died rather unceremoniously a few weeks ago while I was...
View ArticleTop Comments 6.18.11: Father’s Day Edition
Greetings from Computer Hell. This is not the diary I started to post at 9:30 Saturday evening. However, after a complete system crash that required a full-blown system Recovery and six (that’s right,...
View ArticleTop Comments 6.27.11: What’s New? Edition
What’s new? Not much, really. The terrorists appear to be winning again, as they continue to hold the U.S. economy hostage. Now they are demanding not only continued tax cuts for millionaires and...
View ArticleTop Comments 7.16.11: Happy Days Edition
I hate global climate change. While I don’t demand perfection from the weather, I do prefer some level of predictability. And I’ll define that very loosely, too, but I do wish we could come up with...
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Top Comments 7.30.11: No News Edition
Today is one of those days where I felt a rant coming on and was powerless to help myself – or you. But before I get started, here is a word from our sponsors. . . .We have so many insightful and...
View ArticleTop Comments 9.28.11: Freedom from the Press Edition
While watching Orwell Rolls in his Grave a few days ago, I was struck by a quote from the great investigative journalist George Seldes. An open critic of corporate-owned media, Seldes held that:The...
View ArticleWhy Tornillo? Just to be sure we know how awful Trump and his enablers really...
If you want proof that the child hostage crisis occurring on our southern border is wholly created and maintained by the Trump administration, look no further that the Tornillo Child Hostage Internment...
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