Did President Obama read what Jim Fallows and I wrote? What else can explain his decision to ask Congress for authorization to strike Syria militarily? Okay, probably he didn’t read either of us. Asking this, however, is a great idea. It gets the Congress on record, which I’m sure the President and his aides think …
Some 140 members of the House (if not more by now) have written to the President demanding that he get written approval from Congress before firing missiles at Syria. Good. I say that for two reasons: one, Congress asserting its power to declare war rather than running and hiding is probably a good thing for …
Oh boy. Some Prairie Rattlesnakes are losing their rattles, and there’s some thought it’s evolutionary. “Rattle and get killed” seems to be the lesson being learned by the critters. Isn’t that delightful? Hearing this story on All Things Considered this afternoon caused me to think up a new curse: “On the trail that is your …
If you watched the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington commemoration ceremonies today you might have asked yourself “Self, where are the Republicans? I see a current Democratic President, two former Democratic Presidents, but no former Republican Presidents. Why is that?” Well, in the case of the Bushes, both pleaded ill health; W just …
Military strikes on Syria imminent, senior US officials say. The U.S. could hit Syria with three days of missile strikes, perhaps beginning Thursday, in an attack meant more to send a message to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad than to topple him or cripple his military, senior U.S. officials told NBC News on Tuesday. Let me …
From “This Week” on ABC yesterday during a discussion of the March on Washington comes the following exchange: DONNA BRAZILE: And to have witnessed the amount of change I’ve seen in my 50 plus years, it’s amazing, it’s incredible. And yet if Dr. King were alive, he would still be marching today. To raise the …
From Slackhalla.org, a test of one’s values purporting to determine where your beliefs put you on a political scale. Political Values Radicalism 96.75 Socialism 62.5 Tenderness 59.375 “These scores indicate that you are a progressive; this is the political profile one might associate with an animal rights activist. It appears that you are skeptical towards …
Off the 1975 “Home Plate” album, showing off her bottleneck slide talent:
I’m not sure what the record is for “Longest time before son’s haircut is noticed: Mothers division,” but we’re about to find out. I think last time it was three-plus days.
I’ve seen the name Cordwainer Smith mentioned whenever classic science fiction is being discussed, so when I was wandering through a used bookstore this afternoon and found a copy of his collection When the People Fell for a buck I thought “why not?” Then I noticed that it had an introduction by one of Smith’s …