… just makes me sad. Garrison Keillor, who I remember seeing when he brought Prairie Home Companion to a California theater — and who got the audience to sing an old hymn called “Tell Me Why” that was simple and uplifting and sweet — apparently has decided on a scapegoat:
Not one to shy away from […]

The events in Iraq are hideous. I think that those that killed Margaret Hassan may have overstepped the bounds even of what the other insurgents will tolerate (this article mentions that al-Zarqawi actually told these kidnappers not to execute her), and so I hold out some small and probably over-optimistic hope that this slaughter of […]

With the days getting shorter and Clementine the Dumb but Pretty Hound-dog unable to grasp the concept of Daylight Savings Time, she’s been bugging me for the end-of-day walk earlier and earlier. Today it happened to fit in with some afternoon apathy about work, so we did the rare 4:00 walk. It was a good […]

Since there is obviously a great amount of pain and suffering over the whole redstate-bluestate thing (or, more exactly, redcounty-bluecounty), and since the Blues are grumbling about packing their bags and leaving, or staying where they are and seceding (with bright political lights like Geraldine Ferraro reminding them that they have all the talent and […]

Thinking about this post of Hannah’s about her being told she’s a hippie because she gets overwhelmed by the joys of living and God’s creation, I came across this quote by Elder Porphyrios:
Christ is our Friend, our Brother; He is whatever is beautiful and good…
Christ is joy, life, light, the true light, which makes man […]

This follows up the entry above.
I’ve also been thinking about entries like this one by Alexey. I know the type of thing. I think one of the defining characteristics of my personality is that at a relatively early age I knew really black moods. It’s not something I can say I’ve totally conquered. I’ve just […]

After my failed attempt here finding a pundit that wasn’t talking about religious people as if they were idiots or Martians, I had a little more luck with this article from Slate.com. The cautiously-worded advice that it might be prudent to consider the Christian vote doesn’t sound like rocket science to us, but then … […]

Odds and ends from the people that want to stick a fork in their head to stop the pain of George Bush’s America:

* Come for the maple butter, stay for the political asylum — Apparently, some of the disgruntled are considering moving to Canada — famous for geese, bacon and William Shatner. As this article […]

This article by Edgar Rivera Colón at Salon.com had a tantalizing intro: Bush, God and Democrats: This country isn’t secular or rational. And if the Dems want to win, they can’t be either.

I thought for a minute he was going to say something that no one else seems to have grasped, that if the Democratic […]

Well now! I know that there are a lot of my brothers and sisters who are either conflicted or downright depressed over these election results, so I’m going to resist the impulse to say “yippee” in all caps. But, y’know, it’s been a looonnng darn couple months so I think I get to … y’know […]