ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES

Myanmar’s pro-democracy leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, was freed from house arrest on Saturday, setting her on the path to a possible new con...

M y past writing on politics here has been based on possibilities which have turned out to be mistaken. I feel pretty well discredited by t...

At some Christian churches, I feel like I've traveled back in time to a political system in which people must serve their masters and wo...

bleeding hearts can march and shout and call for revolution i'm stepping off, i'm dropping out i just want to have some big fun ... ...

Last week , I wrote about my sister's white German shepherd, Deacon, a "foreclosure pet." Here he is: washed, brushed, nails c...

The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (a.k.a. The Cat Food Commission For the Elderly) shows its fiscal responsibilit...

I promised or threatened to write a few posts to celebrate my seventh anniversary as a blogger and I urge Suzie and Anthony to chime in, to...

This is a new UN agency , intended to promote equality for women. Which is great. Except that I cannot stop laughing when looking at the ...

Is this one . I've seen versions of it before but it's still funny because it's true.

After hearing of the Republican victory in the House was that we are gonna hear a lot about baby killing again. The House will spend days ...

Isn't that what we were told about the results of the last election? Well, this is how you get a smaller government : A draft propos...

Texas governor Rick "Goodhair" Perry just wants to be left alone: The day after his resounding re-election in Texas, the Republ...

Jesus' General linked to a blog post by a woman who certainly has strong opinions for a graciously submitting wife: As a citizen of...

Now that is a horrible word. Like squeezing a hot boiled potato between your front teeth, or trying to do so. But I do have my seventh a...

That's what the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit says when deciding on this case : The former cheerleader and ...

I'm sure you have heard about that rather silly vote in Oklahoma advocating banning the use of international law and shariah law in Ok...

Is today, and the "me" is this blog. Not sure what to think about that. But celebrations are always fun!

S unday afternoon and I just went through several blogs where the discussion is all about the football games. If I hadn't read this st...

Note: Still burnt out from the last month of the campaign and reading and thinking about the aftermath. Here is a piece I wrote four years ...

T he size of the disaster in the mid-term election should have been enough to make Barack Obama face what he has been unwilling to face befo...