Collecting My Thoughts

2655 Closed until further notice Bill Keller's mind. Unfortunately, his pie hole is open and flapping. Not only does he reveal govern...

2654 Thank you, Hobby Lobby for the beautiful, patriotic full-page ad in the USAToday. It was interesting and very well done. I read ever...

Kathleen Denis, artist It's new notebook time--I filled the last page of my lovely notebook with pink roses and calligraphy, and today I...

2652 When to tell a secret Sister Toldjah tells ya: "In a rare joint move, the editors of the LAT and NYT (Dean Baquet and Bill Kell...

2651 How to spot a recent illegal immigrant "The prevalence of obesity among immigrants living in the United States for at least 15 ...

2650 My new margin photo At Hugging and Chalking I have added a new margin .gif--sacbutt players on horseback. I think it is sort of cu...

2649 The Chinese Acrobats It was a crowd pleaser to say the least. Last night the Golden Dragon Acrobats, continued a 2700 year tradition...

2648 Truth, Justice, and "all that stuff" I realize he's just an American comic book character, but didn't the super he...

A tequila soaked worm--Mexico Read Deroy Murdock's column on the corruption of the Mexican government, which expects the U.S. to cont...

2646 This week at Lakeside Last Saturday night (June 24) we enjoyed the Hunt Family Fiddlers who performed Celtic, bluegrass, inspiration...

2645 Do we need a LAMP to attract more students to library science? Last time I looked, potential librarians were not in the dark. Peopl...

2644 Also reading at the Lake, Suomalaisia Kuvia a book we received from Martti and Riitta (he's an architect and she's a veterina...

2643 Also reading at the Lake, Team of Rivals Actually, I'm listening to Doris Kearns Goodwin's Team of Rivals , the story of how Pr...

2642 Pity the American Canadian If you studied American History a few decades ago, back when the 17th through early 19th century mattered...

2641 La Raza hosts Rove Here's a stunning line up that is one-upmanship for librarians, who only secured Laura Bush to inflame its me...

2640 The best fashion advice is right here at Coffee Spills .

2639 Marxism may be dying out in the former USSR but it is alive and well in the history and sociology departments of American colleges an...

2638 My office nook at the Lakehouse The cottage is tiny, but I have a small corner, and use the coffee shop as my annex. We need to un...

Friday Family Photo More about cousins These are photos of my son and his cousin Rich, who are about 8 months difference in age, which wh...

2636 Stop the CCR The CCR is working with and helping to fund the pro bono lawyers' work at Gitmo which is aiding terrorism. The paragra...