BRIARCLIFF MANOR, SUNDAY AUGUST 28TH, AROUND 3 PM
Our house, about three hours after rainfall from Hurricane Irene ceased. Photo courtesy of Nadia Lindstrom.
Our house, about three hours after rainfall from Hurricane Irene ceased. Photo courtesy of Nadia Lindstrom.
Dennis Kucinich of the far left and Ron Paul of the libertarian right agree: corporations are not people. Kucinich speaks to this issue at around the 3:40 mark.
The Yankees became the first team in major league history to hit three grand slam home runs in one game. Robinson Cano, Russell Martin and Curtis Granderson each went yard with the bags packed in a 22-9 Yankee victory over the Oakland Athletics, a game which saw the Yankees trailing by a score of 7-1 …
According to an article in today’s Guardian, newly released records show that the light and fluffy British novelist P.G. Wodehouse was questioned by MI5 as a suspected German collaborator for broadcasting from Berlin during World War II. A shocked Wodehouse denied the accusation. Wodehouse was 59 years old and living in France when war broke …
Writing on redstate.com, Erik Erikson says “[Rick] Perry is rapidly becoming the front running and consolidating the lead.” Just speculating, I assume this has to do with his leaderly Texas macho swagger (“He’s a good lookin’ rascal,” said Bill Clinton, with what I detect is just a bit of mischief in his choice of words), …
On Wednesday, Ginny and I and Cara headed out for the University of Kentucky in Lexington, where Cara will soon begin her freshman year. Thinking to combine some tourism with one of the last acts of basic parenthood (everything after this gets placed in the supplemental category), we headed first for Cleveland, where we saw …
Two sentences have resulted in more damage to American democracy than any other. The sentences are simple, but have had profound effects. Both sentences are false on their face, and yet both have been decreed true by the Supreme Court, and are therefore the law of the land. One sentence is that a corporation is …
I had the great pleasure of talking about And the War Came with Jim Fuller and his friend Bill Walker on WOUB radio in Athens, Ohio. Jim and Bill are very knowledgeable about the Civil War, and it was very rewarding to talk with people who are so well informed and so thoughtful about the …