10 MILLION HITS!!!

Any minute now The Confluence will pass 10 million page views. In the 33 1/3 months of our existence we have also recorded nearly 500,000 comments in 4700 posts. Not too bad for a bunch of nobodies on a pariah blog. Needless to say, we couldn’t have done it without all of you. Drinks are [...]

If you don’t stand for something you stand for nothing

Sally Quinn-Lite: But the good news is that if we can help Rand Paul drag down Conway and give the villagers an “even the liberals” narrative for Paul to use as his sanctimonious fainting couch, at least on the morning after the election, when the US Congress is taken over by antediluvian throwbacks, we’ll all [...]

Monday Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!!! I didn’t pay close attention to the news over the weekend, because I’ve been trying to learn how to sell my massive book collection on-line. I’m what is known as a bibliomaniac. My response to stress is to go on book-buying benders. Luckily, because I’m old, I’ve bought a lot of first [...]

Oh, Ezra! You’re sooooo smart!

Ezra Klein must be smarter than the rest of us otherwise he wouldn’t have a column at WaPo: This isn’t a very popular statement, but there is a role for elites in public life. Just like I want knowledgeable CEOs running companies and knowledgeable doctors performing surgeries, I want knowledgeable legislators crafting public policy. That’s [...]

D’OH! A Round up of left blogosphere posts

The liberal blogosphere is hitting its stride today.  No, I’m not talking about the “A-List” bloggers.  They shot their wads in 2008.  No one goes there anymore. Here’s a round up of some posts worth reading and one that deserves a dope slap: 1.) Anglachel’s back!  And she’s got some great posts from sunny California [...]

Sunday News Roundup

Good Morning Conflucians!!! Election fever is upon us. And it’s not pretty out there. We’ve heard what the politicians have to say, we’ve heard what the pundits have to say, and we’ve heard what blogastan has to say.  Only 16 days until we discover what Americans have say. Let’s see what’s in the news. As [...]

Filler post: Countdown to 10,000,000!

While we’re waiting for the news… We’re about 11,000 hits away from 10,000,000, Conflucians!  We should have a party.  Got any ideas?  Post them below.  Mine include: a radio show, cocktail party, fundraiser thingy. I heard a very interesting podcast from the BBC History magazine for the month of November.  The first part had to [...]

Saturday Headlines, and a Feminist Rant on the Whore word

Good morning, all. Some headlines for you leftover from Friday and coming out this morning on Saturday, then if you make it that far, a Wonk rant and a couple of other tidbits to close out. I’ll start with a few links on the midterms horserace that caught my eye first and try to touch [...]

A talk we need to have with our parents

There’s a new study on the Tea Party movement that should come as  no surprise for any of us.  Many of them are over 55, white and born-again Christian.  My mother falls into this category.  A couple of weeks ago, she came to visit and defended Glenn Beck to me.  ”He’s a spiritual man, he [...]

This is what I call leadership

I would like to see leadership like this in Washington D.C.–in Congress and, most of all, in the White House. These are our children. They are lonely and desperate and they need our help and support. They need to hear that they are valuable human beings with the potential for useful and fulfilling lives. But [...]