Collecting My Thoughts

If you click to enlarge you can see 3 or 4 neighborhood cats having breakfast. The Popcorn Palace always looks dressed in her finest flor...

In 1963 I had a miscarriage. The doctor told me then, almost 50 years ago, that about one third of all pregnancies end in miscarriage (spon...

The city of Falls Church, Virginia, is a toney DC suburb. The median home value is $670,192 and the median income is $111,461. Not to worr...

Yesterday's speaker, Stephen Rock, noted in his talk about Christians and Human Rights that the documents of the main line Protestant ch...

Jon Stewart says he's not partisan nor a propagandist for the Democrats. If he were a Republican shill and mocked the speech of a black...

"A federal jury on Monday found former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich guilty of 17 counts of corruption, including trying to sell the U....

Illinois is $4 billion behind in its bills. "International Business Machines Inc. is owed $1.1 million. Office Depot Inc. is waiting fo...

As always, Victor Davis Hanson nails it. Liberals are complete phonies when it comes to the joys of socialism; they only want others, less ...

"Alamogordo resident Greg Fultz’s billboard is getting national attention — and it could land him in jail. The 35-year old owner of int...

'Go the (Blank) to Sleep': A Bedtime Reality (WSJ) But the topic, getting kids to sleep, puzzles me too. Our children, now 43 a...

If it's homophobic to disagree with recognizing gay marriage, unacceptable since the beginning of history in all cultures and religions,...

Why do Democrats want to turn the rest of the country's economy into Detroit, South Bend, Toledo and Cleveland--all under the jack boots...

Two interesting seminars are scheduled: "Faith and foreign policy in the U.S." and "Cultural bridges as U.S. military strate...

1. He's Black. Or bi-racial, or African-American or Kenyan-American. Whatever you want to call his ethnic background, his mother was E...

On Tuesday evening we enjoyed Carpe Diem String Quartet . Originating at Ohio Wesleyan University, they are a wonderful group that promotes...

A Wall Street Journal review of financial-disclosure forms reveals that about 250 congressional staff members earned a total of $13 million ...

In herb class today at Lakeside we made garden journals from plain brown 3 ring notebooks. We covered them with scrapbooking paper, magazi...

Tuesday and Friday--haven't seen this year's merchants yet. Love the veggies, but despite rising prices caused by fuel costs, U.S. ...

Now that we're at the lake house, I have to watch ABC or CBS if I want some news. You might hate Fox News, but Glenn Beck and Bill O...

"President Barack Obama’s administration has thrown billions of dollars at wind, solar, ethanol, and other alternative-energy resources...