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FIRST THINGS:The Hrant Dink Murder and Its Meaning
Great article to read during your lunch hour regarding an Armenian journalist in Turkey having been shot and killed in cold blood. It’s amazing we don’t read about these items in the news more often. Rays of hope such as these let you believe violence doesn’t trump rationality after all, especially when those [...]
VERBOTEN!
novatownhall gets banned by Vivian Paige. The offense? Using the term “Democrat Party”… I have never understood why this is such an issue amongst Democrats. Possible conventions of grammar aside (a Democrat Party isn’t bad grammar, just mislabeling the party), it’s an easy mistake to make. Certainly no one makes the distinction between [...]
Ante Studium
Today is the Feast Day of St. Thomas Aquinas. At Catholic University, they used to cancel noon classes so the student body could attend Mass. Below is a copy of one of my favorite prayers, authored by St. Thomas Aquinas himself and entitled Before Study. I found myself praying this often before writing a paper, speaking [...]
Southwest by Southeast: Virginia Blog Carnival
The longest and most comprehensive Virginia Blog Carnival in the history of the VBC. Excellent job, SWxSE!
Why U.S. automakers like GM and Ford are losing money
The answer? Big labor: A big reason is the cost of labor. As analyzed by Harbour-Felax, labor costs the Detroit Three substantially more per vehicle than it does the Japanese. Health care is the biggest chunk. GM (Charts), for instance spends $1,635 per vehicle on health care for active and retired workers in the U.S. Toyota [...]
SkepticalObservor: Your Hypocrisy Is Showing
James Young runs down the latest WaPo editorial criticizing the use of Barak Hussein Obama: Courtesy of Charles at TwoConservatives, I was reminded today’s WaPo editorial, denouncing those who take note of Senator Barack Obama’s middle name (‘Hussein’). I guess I missed the WaPo editorial denouncing the campaign of Jim Webb and his paid Internet hacks, who [...]
UK Guardian: Socialism is dead. There now remain only socialists
Yes, I read the Guardian… but because there are times you get great articles such as this: If leftwing Britons of 2007 saw themselves more clearly than they do, they would notice two big things. First, they would see what the leftwing Britons of 1907 would have grasped – that much of what the left of [...]
Burning Things
In the never-ending battle against the yard, Matthew and Jonathan helped me destroy much debris on the palatial Kenney estate on a beautiful Saturday. For those of you who have visited us out here at Kent’s Store, you know the drill. For those of you who haven’t been subjected to my lengthy harangue of what [...]
Gratuitously Stolen from Vivian Paige
I give you this poll concerning who reads blogs. Surprising findings: * Most readers are 31-60.* College educated or better.* Make $60K to $90K a year.* Overwhelmingly Democrat.* Are just as likely to buy music and books as they are to donate online.* Won’t read a newspaper, but will pick up [...]
Optimus iPrime
That’s right folks… for $145 you too can own the iTransformer .