Category: Off the Cuff
Raw posts from the writers of Ordinary Times. Blogging, the old-fashioned way.
Hey Man, I Need a Solid…
Being polite is one thing. Being taken advantage of because of being polite is another.
Goodbye, Summer! (And don’t let the door hit you on the way out.)
The calendar may say it’s the first day off Fall, but my thermometer still says 89.
1 Dead in Southwest Emergency Landing
It could have, probably should have been, much worse. With one fatality reported due to cabin depressurization, total disaster was averted by the actions of the crew during the Southwest emergency landing
David Frum: Will the Republican Party Survive the 2016 Election?
“Maybe the presidency itself should be regarded as one of those things that is good to have but not a must-have, especially if obtaining it requires uncomfortable change.”
Cracks in the Liberal Order
“It’s still wise to bet on the current order… and against its enemies and rivals and would-be saboteurs, but, after liberalism’s year of living dangerously, for the first time in a long time it might make sense to hedge that bet.”