Rod Dreher: Lucas, my three-year-old, at prayer the other night: “Dear God, please help the peoples in Iraq … and California … and, and … at Home Depot.” I can go one better: my three-year-old daughter during her bedtime prayers: “God Bless mommy, God bless daddy…(followed by a long list of cousins) and God bless… Continue reading

Anne Applebaum on the legacy of Jacques Chirac: Ponder closely, for example, what Chirac has had to say about Africa, where his country has enormous influence, in many places far outweighing ours. During a visit to the Ivory Coast, Chirac once called “multi-partyism” a “kind of luxury,” which his host, president-for-life Félix Houphouet-Boigny, could clearly… Continue reading

Yah…welcome to Boston. We’re ah…cultured heah.(sheesh)

It’s been five years since I started this blog with my father, who has since passed away. I was looking back at some of his posts from 2002. As time does fly, I think now I will note this here, so that I can look back in another ten years and see if Mr. Ambrose… Continue reading

Credit Where Credit is Due Dept. This is PZ Myers at his best, in my opinion.