As a small Christmas offering (suitable only for your stockings), I invite you to read my recollections of Christmas past among a family of well-intentioned perfectionists; you can read it here:
Carrie Bradshaw, of Sex and the City, was once infuriated when a man she had been seeing broke up with her ...on a Post-It. She thought him badly-mannered to employ such tactics, rather than discussing it face-to-face.
I agree. Unfortunately, on the blogosphere, we do not have face-to-face contact. So I must break up with a serial poster here via ... a Post, about It.
We Reader Bloggers really do need a break from the angst of how and where to regroup, whether during a hiatus, or permanently, depending. Tomorrow is a holiday -- you'll be busy tomorrow afternoon or evening, but not both, and probably...
Josh: I just read your notice that you may shut down the Cafe. On the one hand, I would be among the first to acknowledge that you have provided a welcoming resource for left-minded, armchair policy makers. The Cafe has become...
FEAR Knot: Rebuilding Bridges To Achieve a More Perfect Unionhttp://www.bellsofkendal.co.uk/Ireland2006/images/05RopeBridge.html A person would have to be an automaton if he, or she were not currently experiencing some serious levels of fear. For one reason or another, all of us...
I am southern, so to speak. Yet I do not speak in what is commonly -- if erroneously -- accepted as a one-size-fits-all "southern accent." What I do speak is the American equivalent of BBC English .... which is...
Ms. Templesman Claims Adjustment Supervisor Just Say No Health Insurance, Inc. 23588 Cartel Parkway Alexandria, VA 21351-0000 Dear Ms. Templesman: I write in reference to Claim #1297-5576-342-22-015. My JSNHI group number, ID number and PPO policy code...
The printer hummed and clicked, smoothly sucking in blank paper and spitting out the carefully-crafted letters Susan had written during the past week. Letters she had considered writing, depending on the Addressee, for a long time. Letters she had...
Wokeness seems to have lost purchase in everyday arguments, and market forces suggest it’s on the downswing. Yet wokeness can still retreat to its institutional strongholds, writes @OliverTraldi. https://t.co/QmcjkQ4Bc9
Even if you knew nothing about the FL law & couldn’t spare 90 seconds to Google it, idea that it mandated “registering your political beliefs” with the state was obvious nonsense.
Millions of us are planning to travel to be with loved ones over this holiday weekend. We’re engaging airlines every day about their responsibility to make sure operations are resilient & provide good customer services when problems happen. pic.twitter.com/mmaG460wBT
— Secretary Pete Buttigieg (@SecretaryPete) June 30, 2022
BREAKING: A judge cleared the way for abortions to resume in Kentucky, temporarily blocking the state’s near-total ban on the procedure that was triggered by the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. https://t.co/fKEifuUDtU
Fascinating and persuasive essay on how originalism sets a very very high bar for 18th century historical mastery—and the court’s conservatives often fail to meet it. https://t.co/nyntmzazHm
A US government delegation quietly traveled to Venezuela “for discussions about the welfare and safety of US nationals in Venezuela,” a State Department spokesperson told CNN on Monday.
At least 44 migrants were found dead in a semi-truck in San Antonio, and 16 others were taken to hospitals, city councilwoman says. https://t.co/bRGrhOH02u
Good thread on how South Africa’s inept immigration bureaucracy is driving away talented people and inflicting heavy damage on the SA economy: https://t.co/LDjaQouN3K
Eight cars and two locomotives derailed after an Amtrak train hit a dump truck at a public crossing this afternoon in Missouri. https://t.co/mw58omE6kH