Archives for Category: Current Events

Notes on the Olympics

August 24, 2008

I am an Olympics junkie. I still remember watching the ‘84 Summer Games when I was ten like it was yesterday. After watching the cycling road race, I wanted to ditch my lame banana-seat kids bike for a full-up ten speed soooooo bad. (I also seem to remember the track

I'm Running Out of Excuses

March 15, 2008

Yes, the WFB post was the first one in a while, seven months to be exact. The standard litany could apply: I was busy at work and raising a small child left barely enough time to read what was going on out there, much less write about it. A four

William F. Buckley Jr, RIP

February 29, 2008

I was quite saddened to learn of the death of William F. Buckley, JR this week. I actually was snooping around the NRO site and happened upon the announcement in The Corner within about 30 minutes of it being posted. As I read numerous tributes to him over the following

Picture of the Day

February 24, 2007

Picture seen on the front page of Lucianne.com yesterday. More info here.

Don't Forget Who Got Us Here

November 8, 2004

I just happen to stumble upon this interesting New Yorker interview with William F. Buckley, Jr - a supporter of Bush, but irritated at his Big C - Compassion and little c - conservatisim: “Government is now 20.9 per cent of G.D.P., and that’s bad stuff,” he said. “Drink to

A Good Read

November 7, 2004

I have to admit, Newsweek’s very in-depth look inside the Bush and Kerry campaigns has been an excellent read. Set aside an hour or two and check it out. Interesting things I’ve learned: John Kerry cusses like a sailor. Teresa Heinz Kerry is a complete weirdo. Actually, after reading this,

Now What?

November 3, 2004

Here’s my big question: How long until DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe gets shown the door? And before it gets slammed, I want someone to ask him “So, how many more people woke up on election day and voted for Bush than Kerry?”

My Endorsement

October 29, 2004

Here is a long and thought-out presidential endorsement by Jane Galt. Here is mine: I voted for Bush. I voted by absentee ballot and no offense to Ms. Galt, there was never any doubt. UPDATE: This one sums it up quite well also.

Nader Who?

October 28, 2004

Two of three candidates that ran for president in 2000 are running again in 2004. While Al Gore is busy regaining all the weight he lost for the last contest and giving irritating speeches when he gets bored, George Bush is duking it out with John Kerry. And every once

Send in the Puppets

October 22, 2004

The two magazines I have subscribed to the longest are Newsweek and Esquire. Coincidentally, one of the reasons I stuck with them over time was based on the merits of their financial writers - Allan Sloan for Newsweek and the recently-back-from-hiatus Ken Kurson for Esquire. Eventually, the increasingly leftward tilt