Let’s see. Is there anything going on in the world? Israel and the Palestinians seem to be on the brink of either disintegrating into anarchy or getting their shit together. Depends on who you ask. Same with Iraq. Is it the Brave New World of Democracy, or on the brink of civil war? And why […]
I’ll gather and post my thoughts on vacation soon enough; today doesn’t seem terribly cheery. At least not when I turn on the news. So here’s a couple of moments from vacation, more to cheer myself than anything: My four year old sitting on the toilet singing Jimmy Buffett: “I don’t know, I don’t know, […]
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry kept President Bush on the defensive today, telling a Pittsburgh audience that Mr. Bush had allowed the long-dormant volcano Mount St. Helens to erupt on his watch, adding that he would “fix Mount St. Helens once and for all†if elected in November. “When George Bush was elected president, Mount […]