Happy Mothers’ Day

I lost my mother when I was 8 years old.  The vacuum caused by her passing was not filled until the birth of my beautiful daughter nearly 20 years later.  The mother-child bond is something that can be both mystical and painful at the same time.  As mothers, we felt this being grow and move [...]

Obama: “It’s the f—— Clintons.”

This new book by Newsweek’s Jonathan Alter sounds pretty weak. Via The New York Daily News, Alter claims that Obama has a terrible temper and that Obama gave General Stanley McChrystal “A presidential dressing down unlike any in the United States in more than half a century,” Wow! That sounds pretty impressive. This happened at [...]

Sestak Now Leading Specter in PA Senate Race

Here is Joe Sestak’s latest ad–a great take-down of phony Arlen Specter. CBS News: According to the latest Muhlenberg College tracking poll (PDF), Specter leads Sestak 48 percent – 40 percent, with 11 percent either not sure or choosing someone else. Now Sestak has unveiled a tough new ad portraying Specter as a political opportunist [...]

Saturday News: Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagen?

Good Morning Conflucians!! I’m even more spacey today than I was yesterday. Now that I finish turning my final grades, my body and mind want me to drop everything and state into space for a few hours, then go back to sleep. Of could I’m still going to have to deal with the barrage of [...]

Friday Spaced-Out News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! TGIF! I’m getting a slow start today. I’ve been surfing around, and there is quite a bit of news out there, but no overarching theme that I can see. I’m a little spacey though, as I always am at the end of a semester. I usually get to the point where I’m [...]

Thursday Morning News Brief

Good Morning Conflucians!! This will be a brief news post, because I have to get to my office at 10 to start working on my final grades for my two classes. You won’t be surprised by this news–it’s just one more “we told you so” moment–but I suppose the progs will be mystified. Hotline: Dem [...]

Wednesday Night WTH Open Thread

Seriously, WTH? And you thought only America’s Got Talent.  What are you up to this evening?  This is an open thread.

Wednesday News

Good day Conflucians!! I’d say morning, but I sort of missed that train. It’s been a busy week for me. Damn that slave driving boss. Just between you and me, he’s a complete idiot. Wait, I’m my boss. Let’s take a quick look at some news for the day. First, Happy Cinco De Mayo!!! For [...]

Lynn Redgrave leaves behind a reminder about the suffering of a woman with breast cancer

This Sunday, May2nd, Lynn Redgrave passed away after a long battle with breast cancer.  She will certainly be remembered for her many acting and playwriting accomplishments; and in fact, JohnWSmart prepared a lovely tribute to her life.  But Lynn also left behind for us a reminder about the suffering and courage of a woman stricken [...]

Forty Years Ago Today: May 4, 1970

Today is the 40th anniversary of the shootings at Kent State University in Ohio. On April 30, 1970, President Nixon had ordered the bombing of Cambodia. Across the country people were fed up. Nixon had promised to end the bloody war in Vietnam, and instead he was escalating it. At Kent State, a small demonstration [...]