Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama launched a new TV ad this weekend featuring an Illinois miner praising the the him for work on coal issues. "Washington, D.C., is not listening to us," said Randy Henry, who is identified as a miner for 31 years. "Barack understands it." The ad is running in the Lexington and Bowling Green television markets, Obama's...
The gall of the religious right never ceases to amaze. Time and again, they demonstrate that hypocrisy is an essential element of their ideology. While many of these zealots frequently demonstrate their willingness to preach one thing and do...
Brett brought you Mom in One Word . Now you have six. If you are familiar with the six word memoirs from Smith Magazine (as complied in Not Quite What I was Planning) here is a mother's day bent. Smith is looking for six word memoirs for Mom this mother's day. Here are a few to get you started: Naps became the most precious minutes. Stretchmarks are the roadmap of life. I really miss seeing my feet....
In Rome on Pentecost, in the Pantheon, now a minor basilica called S. Maria ad martyres there is a beautiful custom. Rose petals are dropped through the circular oculus opening at the top of the dome, which is the widest is all of Rome, for all its antiquity. The petals fall to the crowds [...]
There is a myth that Muslims loved the Jewish people from the time Muhammad started the religion 1400 years ago. Nothing can be further from the truth. In fact it all comes down to the Apes and Pigs thing. When talking about Jews the Quran says that we are a wretched people who have been transformed into Apes because we violated the Sabbath (well at least you know why). I don't mean transformed into...
"If I had realised then what she would become, I would have killed her the instant her mother delivered her." An update on this honor-killing story. By Afif Sarhan and Caroline Davies in The Observer, May 11 (thanks to Cindy):...
So, Forest City Ratner helps orchestrate a counter-protest last Saturday and the Courier-Life chain--or, to be specific, reporter Stephen Witt--finds a novel and bizarre angle: it's all the fault of the people who bought condos in repurposed industrial buildings. It's "brutally weird." (For the record, the Courier-Life chain gives its staffers a long leash. The same issue this week contains a
Right from the horse's mouth, in USA Today Hillary Clinton said : "I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were...
I am trying to figure out more about Barack Obama because I think there is something strangely disconnected about the man. One theory I have... and I welcome others... is that he doesn't take religion seriously at all--not just for...
Via Glenn Reynolds , Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN) , a Barack Obama supporter, trafficking in more sexism: Memphis Commercial Appeal's Blake Fontenay: According to U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, she may be starting to more closely resemble another famous movie character: The psycho lady played by Glenn Close in "Fatal Attraction." When asked about whether Clinton should drop out of the race on Fox 13's...
The Taint of '68 (Rich Lowry, 5/10/08, Real Clear Politics) 'WHY don't we just vote to strike tonight - and we'll decide to morrow what we're striking for?" Those were the words of a student protester thoughtfully deliberating at Yale University, as recounted by Roger Kimball in his book on the left, "The Long March." It was a question that captured much of the heedless spirit of the student demonstrations...
A new Rasmussen poll of the Oregon Senate race shows Republican incumbent Gordon Smith still under 50%, for the third month in a row. Any incumbent who polls below 50% is considered potentially vulnerable and this month’s polling contains even more bad news for Smith—support for his potential Democratic challengers is increasing. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Oregon voters finds...
The Wall Street Journal reports one of the most pernicious ideas I have heard of late: Massachusetts legislators, demonstrating a growing resentment against the wealth of elite universities in tight economic times, are studying a plan to levy a 2.5% annual tax on the portion of college endowments that exceed $1 billion. The effort takes aim at one of the primary economic engines of the state, which...
