Archive | December, 2006
Slate dares make the call…
It has been interesting this week watching the media swirl around the deaths of both Gerald Ford and James Brown. The media circus is likely increase in intensity now that Saddam Hussein has been put to death. I am spent much of the week thinking about the dead: what is appropriate to talk about and what [...]
Continue reading...Pot? Kettle? Black.
28. December 2006
The concept of blogs has been on my mind lately and I do think a lot of the purpose and the impact of blogs. I don’t think it is a stretch to say that bloggers (and maybe the blogs, too) did help push the razor-thin Tester victory last month. However, for every solid, well-researched blog [...]
Continue reading...Do You Deserve to Be A Citizen?
26. December 2006
The People for the American Way have posted a sample exam, with questions taken from the test administered to immigrants seeking citizenship. I’m not sure what the test proves, though I can’t say that I found it as difficult as the PFTAW seems to think I would. How do you score?
Continue reading...Montana Weblog Awards-2006
25. December 2006
I’ve been forgetting to post this for some time, which seems to describe the blog lately. Wulfgar! is hosting the Montana Weblog Awards again this year, and you can cast your ballot for the next day or two over at his place. Awards link here.
Continue reading...My Father
20. December 2006
December 20 will always be one of those uncomfortable anniversaries for me: it’s the anniversary of the day that my father passed away. When that crossed my mind today, as it inevitably does, I realized that today makes it 25 five years since his death. When my dad got sick, he left our home in [...]
Continue reading...Thomas Friedman: All Arabs/Muslims/Middle Easterners Are Alike
20. December 2006
Soon,Thomas Friedman is going to have to take a spot along with Michelle Malkin and Conrad Burns on my personal list of people who are such absurd caricatures that I can’t bear to write about them any longer. As bad as Friedman’s previous work on the Iraq conflict has been, today’s column engages in a [...]
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