Feb 06 2011
Ringside: Again, spin doctors distort Reagan legacy By Paul Davies, Deputy Editorial Page Editor Posted on Sun, Feb. 6, 2011 In an attempt to point to his many accomplishments, Ronald Reagan referenced John Adams, who said, “Facts are stubborn things.” But Reagan, then 77 years old, muffed the line and said that “facts are stupid things.” …
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Jan 17 2011
This is the excellent post-Christmas sermon, titled “Eight Days Later” (taken from Luke 2: 21-40), that Reverend Rich Lang preached on Sunday, December 26, 2010, to his Trinity United Methodist Church in Seattle, Washington. – Monsieur d’Nalgar Have you ever had to pick someone up that you don’t know? They give you a description of what they look …
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Jan 09 2011
“O all ye exorcizers come and exorcize now, and ye clergymen draw nigh and clerge, For I wish to be purged of an urge.” – Ogden Nash, from “So Does Everybody Else, Only Not So Much” Sweet, sweet surrender to a rising, raging reflex against the inanity of these pretentious, portentous times, these zany …
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Jan 07 2011
Another letter to the editor, titled “Force creeping into America,” in today’s Sentinel Record, from a reliably regular hater of all things Muslim… Monsieur d’Nalgar Dear editor: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right …
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Jan 04 2011
…and wishing calamity on her unrepentant naysayers (who are legion), our new mayor speaks in this letter to the editor, titled “Thoughts on ‘tolerance’” (today’s Sentinel Record, page 8): Dear editor: In recent days, I have been reminded (due to the intolerance of those who beat the drum of “tolerance”) of two famous quotes. The first …
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Jan 02 2011
Arkansas is nicknamed “The Natural State.” We have deer and fox (and possums, raccoons, eagles, buzzards, etc.) who walk or fly by our home nearly every day. But the state of our state is most unnatural on this, the second day of 2011, especially after reading today’s local newspaper. Consider, for example, these two AP stories which appeared in the …
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Dec 31 2010
Introductory note: This explanation of the current political scene in Israel can easily be adapted to help explain our own emerging fascism, and the rise of our own American Hezbollah, which will hereafter be referred to as “The Tea Party of God” on this blog. The emphases in the article are mine, not Mr. Strenger’s. Here’s hoping …
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