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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Willard winning in Michigan

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

As I write this, Willard Romney is ahead in the Michigan primary, a consummation devoutly to be wished. Romney is best described by a word that rhymes with “prick”. Nonetheless he has my endorsement for the Michigan primary. In South Carolina my man is the Huckster. Hell, I’m even hoping Giuliani will win a race […]

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Iran war threat not going away.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Lately some folks have wondered if Bush, egomaniac that he is, might not take kindly to being ignored and shunted to the side during a presidential campaign in which his own parties candidates will not breathe his name. Therefore, as contrary to good sense as it may be, we cannot dismiss the possibility that Bush […]

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Brief report from the Charter Revision Commission

Monday, January 14, 2008

I spent the evening at a Charter Revision Commission meeting, tinkering with the fundamental law of Groton. The process starts to get interesting from here on in; the basic work is done, and now we turn to the issue of the referendum. Groton is well, if unimaginatively governed. We have relatively low taxes. We have […]

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Silly me

Sunday, January 13, 2008

A few days ago I wrote a post implying that Bank of America was committing yet another subprime folly in buying Countrywide. Turns out nothing could be further from the truth. As John Aravosis points out at Americablog, it’s all just a clever way of getting the American taxpayer to subsidize the losses. The trick […]

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Petty vindication (of a sort)

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Recently I was properly taken to task for mangling the phrase “Hoist by his/her/their own petard”, since I used the word “hung” instead. I replied rather lamely that I did in fact know that the term was “hoist”, and couldn’t explain my lapse. Did anyone believe me? Well, while recently reviewing my old posts for […]

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Housekeeping

Sunday, January 13, 2008

In response to overwhelming demand (one commenter, with whom my wife agreed) I am going to create a new category, entitled “Music”, to which I will retroactively assign the Friday night music series. It may take a while, but I’ll do it as quickly as my schedule allows.

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Typical

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Today the Public Editor of the Times does what he does best, cover for the Times, if only half heartedly. This time for it’s choice of Bill Kristol as a columnist. Subtitle on the RSS Feed: Is hiring William Kristol the worst idea ever? I can think of many worse. So could I. The overriding […]

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Comics Saturday

Saturday, January 12, 2008

As I’ve mentioned before, we get three papers in the morning, and I have about twenty minutes to read them (except on Saturdays and Sundays, of course). No matter what, I read the comics, as it is a tenet of my religion. Only the Courant’s comics will do. I scorn the Day’s comic page, and […]

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Your liberal Media

Saturday, January 12, 2008

Must reading at Media Matters. Chris Matthews has serious problems.

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Court rules torture okay

Friday, January 11, 2008

McClatchy reports (In voiding suit, appellate court says torture is to be expected): A federal appeals court Friday threw out a suit by four British Muslims who allege that they were tortured and subjected to religious abuse in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a ruling that exonerated 11 present and former senior […]

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