Last weekend, German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU), along with their allies the Free Democrats (FDP), won 48.4% of the vote in parliamentary elections. Although the CDU lost part of its vote share from the last elections, the FDP won a larger share of the votes . . . . Continue Reading »
We all know that President Obama held a three-hour meeting at the White House yesterday on the situation in Afghanistan. The spinning has begun inside the beltway. The Washington Post leads with ” White House Eyeing Narrower War Effort: Top Officials Challenge General’s Assessment . . . . Continue Reading »
Tuesday we celebrated the Holy Archangels; today it’s our invisible guardians whom we feast. Herewith, some stuff: Okay. If you were going to buy wings for the Christmas pageant, you could go ahead and get them today. Not great art or theology or anything, but little kids like dressing up, and . . . . Continue Reading »
The UK has fallen off a vertical moral cliff. First, the head prosecutor for England and Wales effectively decriminalized family and friends assisting the suicides of people with serious disabilities and terminal conditions . Now, a coroner’s inquest has determined that physicians were . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote some time ago about the awful and tragic case of Kerrie Woolterton. Woolterton was badly mentally disturbed, so much so, that she now only wanted to commit suicide but repeatedly tried to by swallowing anti freeze. The last time she tried, she called an ambulance and then pinned a note . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at Dr. Vino , probably the best wine blog on the internet, Tyler Coleman (who actually is the Doctor himself) gives the play by play of an exclusive blind tasting of some of the 2005 Bordeaux with the great Robert Parker. For those who don’t follow these things, Parker . . . . Continue Reading »
I wrote this for another channel. Naturally, I thought YOU would want to read it. . . . . Continue Reading »
It is really dangerous for a free country when bills are written so arcanely and in such a convoluted way that legislators have no idea what they are voting for or against. A Senate Democrat has admitted this is the case with the upper house’s version of Obamacare, and hence, he . . . . Continue Reading »
What isn’t going wrong for our narcissist-in-chief? The economy, Afghanistan, the Middle East, the United Nations (ignore Iran’s deceptive gesture on inspections today). As Howard Fineman offered in a now-celebrated Newsweek essay,Unless Obama learns to rely less on charm, . . . . Continue Reading »
Mark Thompson found an interesting quote that is relevant to the current healthcare debate: Nor is there any reason why the state should not assist the individuals in providing for those common hazards of life against which, because of their uncertainty, few individuals can make adequate provision. . . . . Continue Reading »
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