Miscellaneous

But I am of the opinion that a centralized administration is fit only to enervate the nations in which it exists, by incessantly diminishing their local spirit. Although such an administration can bring together at a given moment, on a given point, all the disposable resources of a people, it

Late meeting last night. Today, just a few fall pictures from my neighborhood.

Bullets Nothing satisfies MADD! Drunk needs ride to store. Enlists nine-year-old daughter's assistance. Police not happy. Link [http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/nine_year_store_michigan_girl_pulled_EZiNI1KSibOZ5TfgKsDZwN?CMP=OTC-rss&FEEDNAME=] . * * * * * * * Best line from yesterday's reading: "Government can be just as

Received in an Email Last year after the Packers/Bills game, Buffalo released quarterback Trent Edwards. During the Packers/Eagles game, the Packers injured Philadelphia quarterback Kevin Kolb. Philadelphia then had to play backup quarterback Michael Vick. During a playoff game against the Eagles, the Packers injured Michael Vick and

Throw Down the Gloves I admit it: I have a little blood lust in me. I never realized until I was reading St. Augustine's Confessions, about his trip to a gladiator show: As soon as he saw the blood, he drank in with it a savage temper, and

Bite the (Area North of the) Big Apple, Don't Mind the Maggots Back in the late 1980s/early 1990s, Hope College [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_College], a small liberal arts college in Holland, Michigan, associated with the Dutch Reformists, had an Hispanic problem. I don'

Received in an Email You need a reason to drink? From one of the e-newsletters I subscribe to: > Signs of decay abound... > * Prosecutors in Shawnee County, Kan. – home to the state capital Topeka – say they'll no longer pursue misdemeanor cases. As a result, 30 domestic violence

Skid Row Street If you didn't hear, Sesame Street has a new muppet: Lily. Her niche? Poverty. Her "family faces an ongoing struggle with hunger issues." Link [http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/10/04/sesame-street-hunger-muppet-photo/]. The goal is to raise awareness of hunger in the United

Manners I learned yesterday in Richard Brookhiser's biography of George Washington that he relied heavily on a 16th-century Jesuit text of manners. Washington transcribed the book as a teenager and kept it with him the rest of his life. I believe I have located the little book, which