Well, just so much same-same for the third debate. I thought both men looked more tired than in the last two debates, but who could blame them for that? I’ve only watched the debates and I feel a year older. So certainly I can be excused for having an impish little desire to see:
* a […]

I’m still not sure whether I’m going to watch the debate tonight or not. It’s pretty grueling really, and it makes for a real edgy 90 minutes, especially since this one features Real People (or nearly. Remember that lunkhead in 2000 with the ponytail who told the candidates to treat us all like children?).

There are […]

By now everyone has heard that Christopher Reeve died Sunday of cardiac arrest. I can admit here, in this somewhat private setting, that though anyone’s death is a loss, I greet the news with a small amount of relief. That sounds terrible of me, so I better elaborate. I hope I can put my thoughts […]

Interesting article here about the Vatican deciding to change position on the war in Iraq. I particularly think this viewpoint is trenchant:
“The child has been born,” [Cardinal Sodano] declared recently on behalf of the Vatican. “It may be illegitimate, but it’s here, and it must be reared and educated.”
I wish I could’ve gotten more of […]

Okay, here’s my imitation of Kerry at last night’s debate:

Normal person:
Sen. Kerry, can you tell me what you would do about healthcare/the deficit/my son’s low SAT scores?
Kerry:
I can, and I want to be very clear about this. This president rushed to war without a plan to win the peace. He is the first president in […]

Well now!
I’m watching the Cheney-Edwards debate as I type. For those of you who missed it, here’s the story:

* Edwards starts in with some of the talking points that Kerry has been trying to turn into this year’s soundtrack (”90% of the casualties and 90% of the cost”, “plan for winning the peace”)
* Cheney has […]

I don’t know if anyone would believe me that I have some non-partisan comments to make about Bush, but I’ll try anyway.

Reading through the roundtable interview with the president in the latest “Touchstone” magazine (sorry, this article is unavailable online as well. I’m not getting a kickback from these guys — really, I’m not.), I […]

… into the future.
Ten points if you remember that line from “Fly Like an Eagle” by the Steve Miller Band. It’s a repetitive little ditty, so that line has a way of being on the permanent sound-track in my head when I’m wondering where the day went, as I do most days.
My relationship with time […]

The latest Touchstone magazine has a compelling feature entitled “Jump into Bedtime Stories” about the proliferation of literature for teenagers with very questionable content. (Sorry, the article isn’t available from their magazine online, so if you’re curious, you’ll just have to pick up a copy.) The author, Sharon Dever notes:
This development is not going unnoticed. […]

(This is a rave review that’s pretty late in coming, since the show’s been on for a year or two, but last night’s episode reminded me of everything I like about it.)

When I heard that there was a TV show about a high school girl that has encounters with God every week where He tells […]