Archive for December, 2010
We Are Haunted by Posts of Christmas Past
Before I head out to the Annual Family Christmas Gathering and Gift-O-Rama, I thought I’d give you a few links to some of my favorite Posts of Christmas Past.* Here is some my favorite Christmas Music in one post! There is Handel there, directed by the legendary Robert Shaw, so enjoy. Christmas in London, 1941. [...]
The Delivery Presents – Christmas, Smart-Girl Style!
When you listen to Episode 70, two things should become apparent: 1) I didn’t have full control of the show the whole time, and 2) I didn’t want full control of the show the whole time. When you have guests as smart and entertaining as Teri Christoph and Molly Teichmann (and both of them have [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Christmas Eve Friday Edition
Christmas is a day away and blogging will be off and on today, due to family matters. I hope all of you have a safe and wonderful Christmas, wherever and however you celebrate it. Thank you for reading The Shack and listening to The Delivery. You’ve made my year pretty darned good. And now, links. [...]
Why College? Heck If I Know.
Timothy Carney, in today’s Washington Examiner, makes the case against college, and a good case he makes. I’ve long suspected too many kids go to college and finish college — that college is a waste of time and money for many, and our economy and culture would be better if, as a whole, America spent [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – ‘Twas the Thursday Before Snowpocalypse Edition
The Washington, DC area is all atwitter about the possibility of a sizeable snowstorm due to arrive late on Christmas Day. I have heard forecasts calling for accumulation up to 12 inches, which has more than a few people on the edge of sheer panic. I suppose I can understand their reaction. After last year’s [...]
We’re Going to Need More Vito and Less Tom in the New Congress
Let’s face it, conservatives, Barack Obama and Harry Reid cleaned our clocks. We scored the biggest electoral win for any party since at least the end of World War II, a win so big that even the President was forced to remark on it. Our message — Washington is too damned big and too damned [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Delivery Wednesday Edition
You’re going to like the podcast today. Molly and Teri were fantastic and there were a lot of laughs among all the serious talk. The show will be out some time around mid-day and later in the evening for those of you who get it by iTunes. And now, links! A belated Happy Birthday to [...]
Obama Won’t End “Indefinite Detention” and No One’s Surprised but Progressives.
Remember when Candidate Obama swore he’d close Guantanamo Bay and make sure we treated those terrorists incarcerated there in a way that would “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great even in the midst of war, even in dealing with terrorism”? Yeah, well, so much [...]
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