Collecting My Thoughts

David Durant, Heretical Librarian, turned in his blogger keys and left the building a little over a year ago. In a profession that is 223:1 ...

"Before a tense and packed House, the President told Congress: "Millions of Americans are just a pink slip away from losing their ...

Serve dot gov will direct you to ACORN. Isn't that a sweet connection--and with our tax money too. Read it here .

It has become just another mouthpiece with our tax dollars for Obama . It’s not that hard to make a living in the arts without government mo...

It was stunning--so much so, I've forgotten the topic, but it was NPR and the two speakers seemed to be catching on to his tricks. Can...

“At the dawn of this New Year, let us rededicate ourselves to that work. Let us reject the impulse to harden ourselves to others' suffer...

While I was at the Midwest Birding Symposium eating almost every meal out, my husband was at the Cum Cristo center downtown where wonderful ...

Maggie Thurber has an excellent response to the Toledo Blade interview with Barack Obama, who complains that the blogosphere has no fact che...

"The swine flu pandemic could kill millions and cause anarchy in the world's poorest nations unless £900m can be raised from rich c...

I'd seen several references to a Canadian study about the increased risk to future pregnancies for women who'd had an abortion. I f...

From our most prestigious and expensive public university.

While I was volunteering at the Midwest Birding Symposium and learning from Jim McCormac about how a drop of water in Lake Superior makes i...

When Rep. Patrick McHenry held his townhall meetings this year, almost 5,000 people attended compared to fewer than 300 last year. “There wa...

On September 10 we had the opportunity to tour the newly renovated and reopened (May 2009) Lincoln Theater on Long Street with the Conestoga...

When your wealth of bird knowledge is being able to tell a robin from a blue jay from a cardinal, there is lots to learn at a birding confer...

"Republicans maintained today that the president should reconsider his plans and start the health-care debate anew. "Winning is st...

A friend and I had a "discussion" about loyalty cards today. Actually, it was pretty darn close to an argument. I don't use lo...

What an eventful week-end. We left Thursday for Lakeside and returned on Sunday. We had a great time volunteering and were thrilled to att...

Both the left and right acknowledge her role. But this story lays it out and connects all the dots . She's affluent, well connected, far...

HT Murray