From the Tumblelog January 16-22, 2011

Jan 22

Elliot tweets: Awesome concert last night

Iron And Wine: Tiny Desk Concert

Pizza Sam's: Celebrating 50 years in downtown Midland

watching Nova's "Making Stuff: Making Stuff Stronger" with the boys. crashing cars and bullets striking objects has their attention.

bought tickets for The Pixies in Detroit in April

Jan 21

Words Fitly Spoken: but no human can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. –James…

Health-care reform doesn't have 10 years of taxes for six years of benefits

Echoes From Gettysburg: How Americans Embrace Incivility and Ignore the Poor

Echoes From Gettysburg: How We Can Save Our Country--Part 1: Weeks before the attempted assassination of…

Jesus Hates Obama site says Super Bowl ad is rejected

Jan 20

Two good arguments for civility - and passion - in politics

Sargent Shriver's Christian Politics

A response to the CPAC boycotters

Jan 19

Repeal, but no replace

House Republicans discover that the Senate doesn't work very well

Funny thing about fantasies, they are detached from reality

Jan 18

The shooting in Arizona? An isolated incident!

McGurn: Rising Above Roe v. Wade

The Godfather of Soul, The King of Pop and The Prince of OMG!

The health-care system will always need the government

Is the individual mandate unprecedented?

Back in New York. From 80 degrees to 20 in a few hours. Still it was nice to get a bit of winter sun.

Jan 17

On MLK Day, Some Thoughts on Segregated Schools, Arne Duncan, and President Obama

We All Love Him Now: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Letter from a Birmingham Jail: Excerpts from Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from a Birmingham Jail