God won’t let the Earth Burn up but… May 31, 2006 but he/she’s OK with a civil war among evangelicals over George Bush’s policies. Continue Reading
Putting Iraq’s losses “in context” May 31, 2006 Powerline makes the case that Americans sense of failure in Iraq has been grossly exaggerated by media accounts of the service men and women… Continue Reading
Is there good news from Iraq? May 31, 2006 A former military admirer of Andrew Sullivan has soured on Sullivan since having been stationed in Iraq and seeing good things happen there. A fragment of… Continue Reading
How do the Mexicans treat their illegals? May 31, 2006 Worse than us and they use their army to patrol the border. Continue Reading
Unity08 May 31, 2006 I just read about Unity 08 in Newsweek. The upshot: “The Unity08 plan is for an online third-party convention in mid-2008, following the early… Continue Reading
Another Shoe drops in the legislature May 31, 2006 Rep. Irv Anderson of International Falls is hanging it up at age 82. His name wasn’t on yesterday’s list of Minnesota’s retiring legislators. There’s still… Continue Reading
Would Gore do more for the enviornment as a prophet or as a President? May 30, 2006 Just asking. Continue Reading
One year ago today Cheney said: May 30, 2006 “The level of activity that we see today from a military standpoint, I think, will clearly decline. I think they’re in the last throes,… Continue Reading
No Gun Ri May 30, 2006 Today, the day after Memorial Day, the DNT had two stories that converged for me. The first was a long Washington Post story about how… Continue Reading
Which party is vulnerable in the Minnesota Legislature May 30, 2006 So far 26 our of 201 state legislators are retiring this year. Thats a ten percent change. More Republicans are retiring from the House… Continue Reading
Filling up the empty nest May 30, 2006 After four years on his own our son is moving back for the summer. The nexus of his lease ending and making plans for… Continue Reading
New tidbit to the Boyd story May 30, 2006 After four days of uninterrupted gardening its good to get back to something else. Even if I stayed up way past my bedtime, golly… Continue Reading
Memorial Day May 29, 2006 A little before 6AM I got up and raised the flag over our front yard. It was foggy and the harbor fog horn was… Continue Reading
Champing at the bit to solve the Energy crisis May 28, 2006 Tom Friedman says we could begin attacking our energy problems on many fronts if only we paid $3.50 or $4.00 a gallon for gas. Either… Continue Reading
Incumbistan – otherwise know as one party America. May 28, 2006 Chicago Sun Times conservative columnist Mark Steyn washes his hands of the GOP Congress. A sample: “After all, the GOP’s 1994 Contract with America… Continue Reading
Credit where credit is due May 27, 2006 The Story about the Dobson letter hurricane is being birddogged by: www.inopinion.com/features I should have given them credit before. Continue Reading
The new George Bush May 26, 2006 If I hadn’t already lost all patience with the President for his first five years of swaggering I could almost like him now. A… Continue Reading
About that Grams letter May 26, 2006 I’m not sure who Gregg Schweiger is. I’m surprised I’ve never met him because he’s been writing hard core Republican letters-to-the-editor for years. At… Continue Reading
Focus on Focus on the Family May 26, 2006 If you would like to join dishonest Christians writing fake letters to the editor you can do it at James Dobson’s Focus on the Family…. Continue Reading