Archive for January, 2011
The Delivery Presents – Slacker Unions and New Resolutions
I’m quite proud that we’ve made 72 episodes of The Delivery without missing a single week. I realize that good fortune and the grace of God have had a rather large hand in that, but also, there’s a certain stubbornness on my part. Nothing will turn me off to a podcast faster than an irregular [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Happy Birthday Professor Tolkien Wednesday Edition
I do not know how this slipped past me, but Monday was the eleventy-ninth birthday of John Ronald Reuel Tolkien.I have a special love for Tolkien’s works, since his tales of Hobbits and Middle Earth kindled in me at a fairly young age a love for reading that I’ve never managed to lose. I found [...]
Saudi Arabia Goes Birdbrained over Israeli “Spy Vulture”
I’m honestly not sure whether this story is funny or depressing. A vulture tagged by scientists at Tel Aviv University has strayed into Saudi Arabian territory, where it was promptly arrested on suspicion of being a Mossad spy, Israeli and Saudi media reported Tuesday. The bird was found in a rural area of the country [...]
Who Said Raising Debt Limit in 2006 Was “A Sign of Leadership Failure”?
Andrew McCarthy found a very convincing argument Republicans can use in the upcoming debate over whether to increase the debt ceiling to well over $14 trillion. I would like it very much if a smart conservative Senator stood up and read this, from the 2006 push to raise the debt ceiling to what today seems [...]
Clearing the Browser Tabs – Delivery Tuesday Edition
This week has been a bumper crop of stories I can talk about on The Delivery tonight, so I think I’ll run a solo show and share what I’ve found. There is a chance that I’ll hve a guest for a relatively short interview about the Winter Classic, but I don’t have a confirmation yet. [...]
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