Tuesday
You Turned Your Head?
I have one comment on the Penn State fiasco, and then I'll (probably) drop it:
I like to think that, if I walked into a gym shower and saw an older guy
sodomizing a ten-year-old, I'd step in and stop
Eric Scheske
Monday
Atheists and Libertarians
A TDE reader sends this along: Ayn Rand's Atheists are Crashing the Tea Party
[http://www.frumforum.com/ayn-rands-atheists-are-crashing-the-tea-party#more-106445]
. It's a good piece, with a good deal of insight.
One line, though, especially struck
Something for Sunday Morning
"'Be perfect' . . . This is not just advice from the master, but an imperative
command."
Francis Fernandez
(Untitled)
Conan O'Brien officiated a gay wedding yesterday
[http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2011/11/late-night-conan-obrien-officiates-gay-wedding-on-his-show.html]
. I made myself watch the video (which is everywhere on the web this morning).
I'm numb at the cultural divide in
Friday
This ad captures my mood this week. Brutal days in the office. I should've been
sneaking beer behind desk.
BYCU
I dig Wired magazine. I don't dig it enough to subscribe, so they hate me of
course, but I do enjoy their stuff.
Earlier this week,
Thursday
I Cain't Believe It
Herman Cain gets smeared by sexual harassment allegations. It kinda sucks, since
I was actually thinking about voting for him. How couldn't I, once I saw these
pictures:
Alas, it sounds like those sexual harassment allegations have traction. It
reminds me of
Wednesday
Happy All Souls Day. It's probably my favorite non-obligatory feast day of the
year.
Occupy a Job Already
The Occupy Wall Street people need to go home. I sympathized with them at first:
I hate Wall Street, too. But it's obvious that it's
Tuesday
From the Notebooks
In Orestes Brownson's meditations on the growing tension and eventual war
between the North and the South, he favored the South's “personal democracy,”
which he contrasted with the North's “humanitarian democracy.” The South's
personal democracy recognized the individual'
Monday
Happy Halloween
If you want to see the difference between adults and children, look no further
than Halloween. For little kids, Halloween is the biggest holiday of the year
after Christmas.
When kids get older, Halloween fades in importance. My first child was old
enough to enjoy Halloween when I
Carved My Own Pumpkin
First in 35 years:
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