This is how some futurists predicted we’d be be dressing right now. I can’t express how disappointed I am that they were wrong. Though futurists of the 40s and 50s disagreed wildly on many things, there was unanimity on one thing—the 1-piece jumpsuit was the wave of the future. For men anyway. For women? Well some thought […]
to Abraham Lincoln–who would have been 199 today (but due to the age-accelerating pressures of occupying the White House, would probably look 225.)In his honor, I point you to some recently discovered photographs of Lincoln’s second inaugural. Kind of cool.
In a comment on this post, F.O.B. Ted tried to cheer me up about Republican presidential prospects in the Fall. In today’s Wall Street Journal John Fund validates Ted’s optimism. He’s done the electoral college math. Have a look.
 A report on NPR’s weekend edition of “All Things Considered” today had me staring at my radio in slack-jawed, gobsmack-edness today. It covered a upcoming visit to the U.S. by Mexico’s President Calderon. (Listen here.) It opened by stating: Mexican president Felipe Calderon will tour the United States this week, but he’s not likely to […]
 In the newest installment of our ongoing series exploring the space-age, atomic world in which we’re supposed be living right now (as envisioned in the 1950s, anyway), we have an age in which the American dream still involves owning a little place of your own with a white picket fence—only it’s nestled in an orbiting […]
. . .that is the question, now isn’t it? Prior to Mitt Romney’s withdrawal from the race, you heard and read a lot of conservatives agonizing out loud about whether they could vote for McCain in the general election. I was one of them. You need to know that I approach this decision by reminding myself […]
. . .was en fuego this morning–full S&S mode (sarcasm and satire). I love it when something really hacks him off. It doesn’t happen often. If he’s not already a part of your morning routine, have a look.
The New Republic’s John Judis puts the McCain “victory” in perspective: McCain beat Romney in California–that’s the end of Romney. But McCain continues to depend on moderate, non-evangelical Republicans for his victories. In California, conservatives made up 62 percent of the primary electorate; McCain only won 30 percent of them. In Tennessee, 73 percent of […]
F.O.B. Ted (Friend of Blather) directs my attention to this George Barna report about how born-again folks have begun to wander off the Republican farm titled “Born Again Voters No Longer Favor Republican Candidates.” In the opening paragraph we find: One of the most reliable constituencies of the Republican Party in recent years has been […]
Unless he has a change of heart come November, it looks like James Dobson is going to sit the election out if McCain is the nominee. Have a listen: btw…I’ll be posting some deep thoughts about this question later. Update: I failed to mention—not that it was necessary—that what Rush and others have been saying […]
