The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
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    THE FUNERAL ORATION

    By Richard Day on Sat, 08/29/2009 - 10:28am |
    The greatest virtue is to follow the Tao and the Tao alone.The Tao is elusive and intangible.Oh, it is intangible and elusive, and yet within its image.Oh, it is elusive and intangible, and yet within its form.Oh, it is dim...
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    EMK, a post script

    By Barth on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 8:49pm |
    The second it was posted, the inveterate blogger knew it was a mistake. He is not on deadline; he does not get a dime from these scribblings. Why rush it? Why pile on while everybody (including some who feel guilty about...

    Cleaning Up The Message

    By Ripper on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 5:23pm |
    1. A better name for the legislation:"The Health Care Improvement and Insurance Choices Act of 2009"Ditch Teddy's name because he wouldn't want his name to be used as another right-wing talking point against reform. He wasn't that vain and the...

    How Do YOU TPM Cafe?

    By azpaull on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 4:06pm |
    I've been sporadically active on this site for several years now (tho I'm a consistently-active reader of it).  Seems to me no community's format is perfect, but TPM is pretty good.  But, as I was driving around this a.m., I...

    Are "Death and Taxes" Inevitable For Obama-Should-Die Pastor?

    By azpaull on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 2:29pm |
    I could use a little help here - maybe someone in our TPM community can explain this: In my reading and research on Dangerous Pastor Steven Anderson (whose "church" is wayyyy too close to my home and my office, btw)...
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    LET US PREY

    By Richard Day on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 7:11am |
      Empty yourself of everything Let the mind rest at peace. The ten thousand things rise and fall while the self watches them return. They grow and flourish and then return to the source. Returning to the source is...

    Slipped Thru The Cracks: Reid Says EFCA Won't Be Voted On This Year

    By azpaull on Fri, 08/28/2009 - 4:57am |
    Tonight, I received a crowing e-mail from astro-turf leaders Americans For Prosperity (bankrolled and led by billionaire oil industry brothers) that had me racing to Google News.  AFP is declaring victory on the Employee Free Choice Act, claiming credit for...
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    We Are ALL Faces In The Crowd

    By Richard Day on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 6:20am |
    Better stop short than fill to the brim.Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon bluntAmass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.Claim wealth and titles, and disaster will followRetire when the work is...
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    Hey, You Still Want Me To Mow The Lawn?

    By Richard Day on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 12:59am |
    Heaven and earth last forever. Why do heaven and earth last forever? They are unborn, So ever living. The sage stays behind, thus he is ahead. He is detached, thus at one with all. Through selfless action, he attains...

    What Obama Could Learn from Teddy

    By Ripper on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 12:56am |
    Trivia quiz:The lost child wanted only a home and family. The metal man wanted a vulnerable heart, and the straw man a reason for being.What essence of identity was the lion stalking?Courage.It was Teddy's answer, too. In the end, the...

    God help me, I can't stop crying

    By Ripper on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 3:04pm |
    I loved Teddy and the Kennedy clan. Despite obvious flaws, they represent all that is good about this country and liberalism -- a love of neighbor that refuses to measure human worth by net worth, that strives for a higher...
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    Edward Moore Kennedy, 1932-2009

    By Barth on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 1:54pm |
    Many have much to say, some more personally close to Senator Kennedy, some with greater public office or accomplishment than my own. The question is, therefore, why add to the pile. The answer comes from Senator Kennedy: For all those whose...
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    Can we please, finally, forgive Ted Kennedy?

    By Ramona on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 1:00pm |
    For more than 40 years he has consistently been on the side of the people without power. As former senator Bob Kerry said on "Morning Joe" today, "If you're getting the shaft, you ought to be weeping today because Ted Kennedy was your best friend.

    For Jack, Bobby, Eunice and now Teddy

    By Ripper on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 5:28am |
    Few addresses in American oratory have struck me as deeply as Sen. Edward Kennedy's eulogy for his brother Bobby. When he spoke of his beloved brother, he was speaking for all of us who were twice heartbroken by the assassination...
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    Sen. Edward Kennedy R.I.P.

    By MrSmith1 on Wed, 08/26/2009 - 1:30am |
    I just heard the news on MSNBC.  Sad. Truly, an end of an era. My condolences to his family and friends. . Please no mean-spirited taunts or snarky comments.  If you think this isn't something to mourn, just refrain from posting....
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    Summer Vacation

    By Barth on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 10:56pm |
    It is hard for some of us to post regularly during most of the year, and harder still in the summer. The work that pays the bills tends to increase in the summer, and it did this year, and then...
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    RUSH TO JUDGMENT

    By Richard Day on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 10:06pm |
    Give up sainthood, renounce wisdom. And it will be a hundred times better for everyone. Give up kindness, renounce morality, And more will discover filial piety and love. Give up ingenuity; renounce profits. And bandits and thieves will disappear. These...

    Martha's Vineyard in my mind

    By Ripper on Tue, 08/25/2009 - 12:36am |
    I'm following the prez's lead and taking a break for a few days to rest up for "Left Behind, Part 23: Health Care Armageddon."I've called McCaskill again today, blogged and taken out the trash. Check, check and double check.I suggest...

    CHRIS WALLACE/FOX NEWS LIE! Another Piece of the Puzzle Re: Anti's Latest False Thrust On "Death Panels"

    By azpaull on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 9:53pm |
    Though I shouldn't be, I'm constantly amazed by the ability of Republicans, allied anti-health ins reform groups, and their friends in the media to tell out-and-out lies and scary stories with a straight face. TPM, and OGD's post (http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/talk/blogs/oldengoldendecoy/2009/08...) were...
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    The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

    By Richard Day on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 5:32pm |
    A man is born gentle and weak. At his death, he is hard and stiff. Green plants are supple and filled with sap. At their death they are withered and dry.   Therefore the stiff and unbending is the...
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    Please Don't Bury the Woodstock Generation Yet (down in the cold, cold ground)!

    By we are stardust on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 11:43am |
    Last Sunday, August 16, Chris's panel included Ms. CNBC Trish Regan, John Heileman, Rick Stengel, and  Kathleen Prissy-Pants Parker.  It was quite the Algonquin Round Table he'd assembled.  The last segment concerned the "Woodstock Nation" meme as it related to,...

    God's work

    By Ripper on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 9:22pm |
    Where goes God when weakness stealsinto bones and blood and sinews of mortal fleshmade less than whole by time and chanceor broken steps in twisted ladders?Has the Unknowable taken leaveto care for His children only from afarwhere all-seeing eyes may...
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    Imagine if a Healthy Ted Kennedy Were President

    By SleepinJeezus on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 5:49pm |
    (NOTE: This blog entry was inspired by a discussion on another blog castigating Ted Kennedy for failing to "get out of the way." Thanks, maggie!)Imagine if Ted Kennedy were President today in place of Barack Obama. How might these health care discussions...
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    THE SUNDAY QUIZ

    By Richard Day on Sun, 08/23/2009 - 4:26pm |
      Under heaven nothing is more soft and yielding than water. Yet for attacking the solid and the strong, nothing is better. It has no equal. The weak can overcome the strong. The supple can overcome the stiff. Under...
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    THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE

    By Richard Day on Sat, 08/22/2009 - 4:25pm |
    Fame or self. Which matters more? Self or wealth. Which is more precious? Gain or loss. Which is more painful?   He who is attached to things will suffer much. He who saves will suffer heavy loss. A contented...

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