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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Natural non-selection

Monday, May 21, 2007

I’ve always agreed with Grouch Marx about joining clubs. As Groucho said: I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member This has always seemed like a sound rule of thumb to me, but today I thought I would make an exception, and join the Friends of Charles Darwin. Why? Well, […]

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Jimmy backs down

Monday, May 21, 2007

Why do Democrats do stuff like this? Former President Jimmy Carter said Monday his remarks were “careless or misinterpreted” when he said the Bush administration has been the “worst in history” for its impact around the world. Speaking on NBC’s “Today,” Carter appeared to retreat from a statement he made to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette for […]

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Last Word on Limbo

Monday, May 21, 2007
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Flower blogging

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Mainly to add a little color, a picture of one of my wife’s orchids, which she’s brought outside for the summer. (Click for a larger view)

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The Day exposes a lending scam

Sunday, May 20, 2007

The headline story in this morning’s Day (Predatory Lending Shatters Dreams Of Dozens Of First-Time Home Buyers) about a local lending scam is a good piece of journalism. Not only did the Day expose an egregious swindle, but it got the AG’s office to investigate, and hopefully, put an end the careers of some of […]

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Russert shows respect

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Thursday I wrote about my fear that I could not reliably recognize irony. Today I learn that I can’t recognize satire, or, even worse, that I confuse sincerity for satire. When I read this post at Hullabaloo I figured that the letter allegedly written by Tim Russert must be satire. Could anyone seriously write a […]

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Getting ready for 2008

Saturday, May 19, 2007

My wife attended a meeting with the Joe Courtney campaign today. It’s an unfortunate fact of life that the next campaign starts the day after election day. Here’s Joe with John Hollay, who works in his Norwich office. John doesn’t know how lucky he is. My wife and I have known him since he was […]

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More Republican hypocrisy

Saturday, May 19, 2007

A few days ago I wrote about Republican hypocrisy, that if you wanted to know what a Republican was doing, just listen to what he condemns. Here’s more proof of a particularly slimy variety. I should add, by the way, that I have stolen all of this from the linked stories, but I think it’s […]

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The outlook isn’t brilliant in Norwich

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Like most people, I can point to very few concrete ways in which I’ve made a big difference, but by dint of my political activities I can claim a few. I’ve often joked that my gravestone will identify me as the man who kept baseball out of Groton, because I was instrumental, both in public […]

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Deja vu in Iran

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Something to file away in case Bush is crazy enough to start pumping up a war with Iran. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Friday said Iran has not hampered the IAEA’s inspection of Iran’s nuclear facility. “The information… is untrue,” IAEA spokesman Marc Vidricaire told a press conference when asked about recent reports […]

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