Collecting My Thoughts

What really spooked the market? This past year we've been discussing with our financial adviser about when to start drawing down the I...

Measuring the microwave My daughter stopped by the other evening and asked for a tape measure to check the distance of my microwave oven fr...

Are you a Democrat, a Republican, or a . . . Hurry on over to Doyle's blog and read this. It's a good laugh. I'm surprised Mur...

The intolerant left Arthur C. Brooks has an article in the WSJ today titled, "The intolerance of the left." For absolute hatred,...

Who was Sylvester Caleb Robinson? In 1909 my great grandfather David GEORGE (1828-1912), living near Franklin Grove/Ashton, Illinois, had a...

The arrogance of power Today at my coffee blog . And it isn't even about politicians!

Why haven't the media scrutinized Obama? Charles Krauthammer in a Washington Post article writes that the New Hampshire win by Clinton ...

Predatory Borrowers Tyler Cowen at NYT writes : "IT’S NOT JUST THE LENDERS There has been plenty of talk about “predatory lending,” b...

Shifting my loyalties At least for awhile. I just couldn't shake the image of Jimmy Carter every time I listened to Mike Huckabee. I l...

Obama won this round! Choke. Gag. "What's your greatest weakness?" John Edwards: My greatest weakness is that I care too much...

Why Al Gore can't control the climate and should get his big footprint off our economic necks. A) He's not God. B) He's not a ...

The B Word "How often do we hear and use the B word? We're really busy . Can you think of the last time you asked a friend how s...

When is a course description a lecture in disguise? When it's "gender studies." This is University of Illinois, Fall 2007 cou...

Evangelical Visitor, vol.1, no.1, 1887 Technically, I can't put this in my collection of premiere issues because it is scanned and on t...

Change as a campaign theme USAToday (Jan. 15) reports "demand for change," "change directions," "new course,...

Desperate and dateless in Michigan Let's see. A failing economy. High unemployment. Tax increases. And a female leader at the wheel. ...

Crazed war vets? Or maybe crazed journalist looking for a scrap of a story. The New York Times ran a lengthy story about the violent crime...

4524 Maybe not the top 10 but certainly better than a lot I've heard. Scientists for better PCR sing about it here . I saw it at the J...

The job hunt Matthew, the Well-dressed Librarian has landed a job, and posted some great advice on December 11. He's gay, fashionabl...

Monday Memories--Bible Studies I have known Over at Daniel's site ( Alaskan Librarian ) I saw a note about John Cotton's Milk for ...