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Category Archives: American Life

Mapping the USA

Sunday, January 16, 2011

This map, which I saw on Digby’s blog, is not terribly surprising for what it illustrates: the incidence of death by firearm in the various states. And yes, once again, despite all our faults, we here in Connecticut can be justly proud of being at the forefront of the forces of reason. The folks who […]

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Channeling the Dead

Friday, January 14, 2011

I recently read an article somewhere on the vast internet, in which the point was made that we Americans have a tendency to venerate our political ancestors that is not necessarily a universal attribute. Britishers, the writer pointed out, do not cite William Pitt to validate their political positions, much less debate about his position […]

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State of the Nation

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

The Holidays (or at least the Christmas part) are officially over at the CTBlue household; our last guest having departed this morning. Time for me to ease back into the world of blogging, spreading the gift of my punditry far and wide, like Santa spreading presents, or Republicans spreading lies. So I take this opportunity […]

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It has served its purpose

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Remember when the fate of America and/or Christianity rested on whether an Islamic community center would be built somewhere close to both ground zero and a strip club? Seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? The threat is technically still hanging over us, yet for some reason it doesn’t seem to bother the bloviators […]

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Restoring Sanity

Monday, November 29, 2010
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An American Hero Dude

Thursday, September 16, 2010

It’s folks like this who make you think there might still be hope: Jacob Isom—the rattail-coiffed hero who swiped a Koran from right-wing fanatics and ran—has a dream. “I want to be inHigh Times,” he told me by telephone. Then he showed me a t-shirt screenprinted with his face. After swiping Christian demagogue David Grisham’s […]

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Nothing succeeds like failure

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

From this morning Times: For 16 years, Marshall A. Cohen served as a director of the American International Group, stepping down just months before the company’s near-collapse in 2008. Several months later, Mr. Cohen was again in demand, joining the board of Gleacher & Company, a New York investment bank. Gleacher expanded its board last […]

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Another Southern Bumper Sticker

Saturday, September 4, 2010

Personally vouched for by my brother in law: Embrace Violence

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A bit of a conundrum

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Apparently, girls now think they are smarter than boys. Oh, really? If they’re so smart, how come it took them so long to figure out something so obvious?

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Pretending it’s not there

Friday, August 27, 2010

This post from Paul Krugman got me thinking. The post features a youtube of Al Jolson singing Brother, Can You Spare a Dime, with lyrics penned by Yip Harburg, who went on to pen the words for The Wizard of Oz. The song tells the story of a the working men who served in World […]

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