Monthly Archive: December 2011

… but I’m noticing that once again, the Dish is doing it’s annual awards.  One if these is the Yglesias Award, which goes to the blogger/pundit who most is most likely to give credit...

I had hoped to avoid a formal foray into the inevitable dissection of Ron Paul, his newsletters, and his ties to the far right that seems to have hit right on schedule.*  As one...

“The Christmas spirit, marked by a wonderful feeling of goodwill among men, is in danger of being lost in the ongoing war against religion. Through perverse court decisions and years of cultural indoctrination, the...

We will be gathering in Brooklyn later today. We are Christian, Jew, Atheist, Agnostic, Muslim (we buried our Buddhist earlier this year.) Our skin ranges from pale white to chocolate brown. There is hair...

During the year of the 16 feral cats, I had a lot of vague “what the heck am I doing?” thoughts. They’re available behind the cut.

Here’s how a reader explains to Sully why it is the newsletters don’t impact their support of Paul in 2012: The reason people are ignoring the 30 year old newsletters written by other people...

For the parents in the League.

Warning: the following post talks about cats. It talks about other things, kinda, but mostly cats. If the thought of catblogging gives you hives, you probably want to not click through. The point of...

I wonder if I might crave your momentary indulgence in order to discharge a by no means disagreeable obligation which has, over the years, become more or less established practice in government service as...

(Previously, Parts 1,  2,  3 and 4) My friend Bob Wise is somewhat of a celebrity in the world of self-built boats. He’s a celebrity because he and his wife commissioned, then built, then cruised a 38 foot sharpie...

It’s now Conventional Wisdom that this 2012 GOP bunch is the total pits, but objectively, the 2008 Democrats are right in there: Winner Division Barack Obama —First-term US Senator, spent Years 3-4 of 6-yr...

Responding to the recent decision by House Republicans to agree to a two-month extension of the payroll tax cuts — after an unseemly and unnecessary game of chicken during which, achieving the seeming impossible,...

Years ago on This American Life they devoted an entire episode ruminating on fiascos. In a segment that has become a radio classic (if you have never heard it, you really should – it...

By request (or at least approval), I have produced a post on reasonable-ness. Note that this has nothing to do with certain kinds of legal standards People often say that something is reasonable to...

I think John Nichols is way too excited about the unquestionably momentary and ephemeral Ron Paul boomlet; but this, at least, is probably correct: Ron Paul is not a progressive. He takes stands on...

We are building a James Wharram designed Tiki 38, with additional engineering to meet US Coast Guard inspected passenger vessel specifications by John Marples of Searunner designs. What that means is that right now...