Tumblelog

Oct 22

A Band of Horses show is so much better than watching MHS get stomped by Dow would have been.

Amazon announces Kindle book lending feature

The Great Salt Lake

BOH+Detroit

Jenny and Johnny trade instruments almost as much as Tralfaz

from a distance that looks like a young Grey Carter playing guitar for Jenny and Johnny except he's not as buff as a young Grey Carter

bar tender was impressed with my fancy ear plugs, assumed I must be a musician.

dear opening band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada: I'm not a big fan of the constant falsetto.

Where we are

Does confidence matter?

Mozilla pays 12-year-old $3000 for finding critical vulnerability in Firefox

Oct 21

What Massachusetts tells us about employers and health-care reform

Tough Questions for Church Leaders

Oct 20

Markey vs. Markey

Why Have Deficits Exploded?

A Question of Appearances - Obama Will Bypass Sikh Temple on Visit to India

Anita Hill Asked to Apologize by Justice Thomas’s Wife

The Economic Argument

The government's pretty-good investment

Oct 19

God does not love America: If that offends you, you have a problem.

Not Thinking Clearly: Though there is plenty of competition, these are some of the most arrogant words…

Why does Obama keep telling reporters there are 'no shovel-ready projects'?

How Romney made a bestseller

Oct 18

A Sharp Donation Drop at Big Charities - Philanthropy 400 - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Pick Which TV Shows to Watch Based on Their Likelihood of Renewal [TV]

Oct 17

RT @ezraklein "this may be the most elaborate effort ever devised by a group of computer nerds to get invited to an orgy." http://slate.me/b6wovb

Oct 16

Candidate's Name Misspelled as 'Rich Whitey' on Black-District Ballots [Conspiracies]

Tom Toles Editorial Cartoon on GoComics.com

Oct 15

'Death panels' -- rhetoric vs reality

Why Military Spending Stays Off Limits

Ignorance as Authenticity

Oct 14

Good News :: Bad News: The Good The Inconsiderate Mixtape is back on the air.

Nancy Pelosi's problem

The Daily Tar Heel :: Removal of Christian flag sparks controversy

How flawed is life expectancy?

Fox News Trashing Obamacare? Ask These 3 Questions

Oct 13

Here’s the Thing…

The Caucus: President Obama Looks Forward — and Back

Oct 12

How much can we blame on state pensions?

Susan Collins And The Vacuity Of The Bipartisanship Fetish

Oct 11

Column: Where to find the next Facebook

WizardRSS Coverts Any Partial RSS Feed to a Full Feed [Annoyances]

It’s Official: Worst Song Ever has Been Discovered

Oct 10

RT @jimmycshaw: @markaelrod We should walk around church referring to our adult women as "Leaderettes."

fantasy football rivalry weekend: Rawley vs. Rawley and Bridges vs. Bridges

I wish this was a scandal: a local church announces $2.5 million capital drive to buy a new organ; any excess $ will go to the poor.

What Progress Looks Like: Pew finds record support for marriage equality.

Can a good Muslim be a good American?

Oct 8

Sharron Angle hires 'SNL' writing team

Oct 7

'The real problem was the status quo'

Oct 6

How health-care repeal will burn the Republicans

Who's a real conservative? It's all relative.

Health Care Law’s Uneven Path to Better Insurance

Oct 5

Founding Fathers Version 2.0

The Tennessee House Fire, Libertarians, And The Individual Mandate In Health Care Reform

Oct 4

Sunday morning bigotry

A Hug Too Far: Obama-Emanuel Embrace Is a Sign of Weakness

Harding Lectureships

Oct 1

Pepperdine Fires Former FBI Agent for Speaking Out on Knox Case: Steve Moore Believes Knox is Innocent…

I'm not enthusiastic about NBC's "Outsourced," but I do have first-hand knowledge of that Indian head wobble.

Sep 30

The 'Pledge to America' in one graph

“Those Who Wish To Kill Us”

Ronald McDonald v. Health Care Reform

Sep 28

Sharron Angle and the public dole

Why income distribution can't be crowd-sourced.

Survey: Americans lack some religious knowledge

Sep 27

Obama Conspiracy Theories Rendering Conservative Books on Other Subjects Dull

Obama argues his assassination program is a "state secret"

Op-Ed Columnist: The Seduction of the Tea Partiers

In "The Polluters," Benjamin Ross and Steven Amter call out chemical industry.

Sep 26

Tired of sniping over the "tea party," moderates organize

Sep 25

Bono's ONE foundation under fire for giving tiny percentage of funds to charity | Mail Online: Only £118…

Americans Vastly Underestimate Wealth Inequality, Support 'More Equal Distribution Of Wealth'

"The Least of These.": Comedian Stephen Colbert…

How It Works: Shirley Sherrod, Park51, and the Big Mistake in American Culture

Sep 24

On page 552 of 1060 of A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin http://goodreads.com/user_status/show/3728944

Sep 23

Now celebrating Sunday Funday!: Fans can touch down watching the biggest selection of free, live football…

Random thoughts and links on living with Muslims: - When we lived in Portland, OR, we had Muslim students…

Key Health Law Provisions Begin Sept. 23 - Kaiser Health News: The elimination of lifetime caps on…

Tempest in a Very Small Teapot: WASHINGTON — Is the tea party one of the most successful scams in American…

Race and ethnicity - a set on Flickr: I was astounded by Bill Rankin's map of Chicago's racial and ethnic…

Sep 22

The GOP's bad idea 

Sep 21

Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Oct. 30 rally will ruin the election for Democrats? Hilarious.

Fearing a soaring deficit, many analysts favor letting Bush tax cuts expire

Sep 20

I Forgot How Bad The iPhone Is: I’ve been an Android-only user for just over a year now – I actually…

Palin's Foreign Policy

On page 362 of 1060 of A Feast for Crows, by George R.R. Martin http://bit.ly/c3JhvG 6:48 PM Sep 20th via Goodreads

The Bush tax cuts need to expire to pay for Bush's spending

Tax cuts for the middle-class are also tax cuts for the rich

Changing a City Through Service – This is the Week!

Sep 19

Mark Hamilton, guest: On freedom of religion

Compassion fail: Audio of Mike Huckabee's remarks from the Values Voter Summit this afternoon is making…