Daily Archive: September 20, 2009

September 20, 2009

Go Mary Washington!

The college policy debate season has begun, and Mary Washington is competing at the inaugural national tournament at Georgia State University. This year’s topic is nuclear disarmament, our top team went 6-1 in preliminary...

September 20, 2009

Sunday Poem Series

To Say Before Going to Sleep by Rainer Maria Rilke translated by Albert Earnest Flemming I would like to sing someone to sleep, have someone to sit by and be with. I would like...

September 20, 2009

assignment

On the panel for This Week with George Stephanopoulos today: conservative George Will, conservative Peggy Noonan, Republican strategist Ed Gillespie, Democrat Robert Reich, Democrat Donna Brazile. Last week’s panel: conservative David Brooks, conservative George...

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James Joyce's Ulysse

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Marchmaine in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25I take your point; Part 3 is where the votes are. But the reason why Cass (and others) are at least…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Voters can get comfortable with evil, but incompetence? That's a real problem.
Jaybird in reply to InMD on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Well, driving a rift between Musk and Trump seemed to be the main goal for a few months there. Start…
InMD in reply to Marchmaine on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yea it's all good food for thought. Parts 1 and 2 seem like the kind of thing that could even have b…
InMD in reply to Jaybird on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25I take it as people may be dumb but it's a bad idea to insult their intelligence. And a guy like Mus…
Dark Matter in reply to LeeEsq on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25These stats are why I claim that Israel deliberately attacking civilians isn't supported by the numb…
Jaybird in reply to Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yeah, looks like the Three Groups of Voters have different takes on him. 1. AUGH I HATE HIM! I HATE…
Dark Matter in reply to David TC on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25It's in NY. State will be fortunate to get life. I'd call it more a political assassination than a c…
Saul Degraw on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Judge Crawford easily wins in Wisconsin despite or because of Musk’s 25 million spent on her opponen…
LeeEsq in reply to Dark Matter on Open Mic for the week of 3/31/25Yes, but everybody knows that Israel is held to the standard of perfection while other countries are…