Friday, March 27, 2009
"We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." -- Henry John Temple, Lord Palmerston, defending foreign policy in the House of Commons, 1848 Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Forgive Him? Even The Republicans Are Abandoning Him...
“We could have forgiven him for his public clumsiness if he had been doing anything for the country.” – David Letterman, speaking with Katie Couric about President George W. Bush Sign in to see full entry.
Ever Wonder How Come Warhawks Sound Like Idiots?
"The most obvious indication that there are no terrorist cells is that not a single neocon has been assassinated." -- Paul Craig Roberts, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during the Reagan administration Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Did I Hear Someone Say Anything About Lower Taxes In That Stimulus Package?
"Once in a while they [Republicans] will latch on to phony but conservative-sounding causes like "tax reforms" -- almost always a shell game in which taxes are shuffled around rather than actually reduced overall -- in order to pacify the conservative base, but that's about it." -- Congressman Ron... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Because Nirvana Is Just A Band Out of Seattle...
"Science is the tool of the Western mind and with it more doors can be opened than with bare hands." -- Carl Jung, commentary, The Secret of the Golden Flower Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, January 30, 2009
It May Be A Job, But It Is Also A Calling...
"It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?" -- Vita Sackville-West, Twelve Days Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Yesterday, When I Was Young...
"It is one of the great ironies of human experience that by the time we are old enough to reflect on what it is like to be a child, we are usually far removed from the experience." -- Stuart C. Aiken, Playing With Children Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
88% Of Evangelical Christians Believe Better Off If All Were Christians
"There, where one burns books, one in the end burns men." -- Heinrich Heine, 19th Century German Romantic poet (Title percentage from Rasmussen Reports, Dec. 24) Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
On CNN's "Heroes," John Legend Presents A Call To Arms...
"...The future started yesterday, and we're already late..." -- John Legend, "If You're Out There" Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
What Compells The Writer's Hand?
"It is necessary to write, if the days are not to slip emptily by. How else, indeed, to clap the net over the butterfly of the moment?" -- Vita Sackville-West, Twelve Days Sign in to see full entry.