Donald B. Hawthorne
Yesterday we went to see the movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, based on Christopher Gardner’s book of the same name. I didn’t know anything about the movie before viewing it or know anything about Gardner until the end of the movie, including that it was based on his life story. Today, I found this interview…
Today is Arlene Violet’s last day on 920 WHJJ. I had the pleasure of being on her show a number of times in the last year or so – to discuss education issues – and I want to thank her for her graciousness to me during those times. Thanks, Arlene, for the last 16 years…
Recent days have brought a series of powerful editorials on the Iraq Study Group. This post presents 5 of them, none of which looks favorably on the Group’s report. Be sure to read McCarthy’s piece at the end. John Podhoretz on Witless Wisdom: Baker’s Worthless Iraq Advice Yes, it’s been quite a week for the…
As occurred last February during a previous cleanup, another cleanup now allows me to pass along an excerpt from an article and two other quotes which I discovered during tonight’s effort: Patti Davis, President Reagan’s daughter, wrote A Daughter’s Remembrance: The Gemstones of Our Years on the occasion of his death in 2004: …My father…
Here we go again… After the post entitled Senator Chafee: The Gift That Keeps on Giving, most of us thought the psychodramas would die down. Silly us. With a H/T to Jim in the comments section of the earlier post, comes the Investor Business Daily editorial Lincoln’s Assassination. Then there was Holding to the Center,…
I previously wrote about the policy reasons behind my decision not to vote for either Chafee or Whitehouse in this week’s U.S. Senate race. Then there was the word that Chafee might not stay a Republican after all. Now comes the re-affirmation that Chafee will indeed continue to block the nomination of John Bolton: Sen.…
To provoke thought, even if you disagree with their content, here are four interesting articles I have read in recent days about issues we face as a country: Austin Bay on Military service, John Kerry, and honor The Only Issue This Election Day John Derbyshire on To Vote Or Not To Vote: A tough call…
I hope the Republicans lose control of the House of Representatives in tomorrow’s election. I am a conservative who happens to be a registered Republican. My disgust with the Republican Congress is intense. As I have said to many friends in recent months, they have done in 12 years what the Democrats took 40 years…
Supreme Court Justice Scalia: Deeply controversial issues like abortion and suicide rights have nothing to do with the Constitution, and unelected judges too often choose to find new rights at the expense of the democratic process, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said Saturday. Scalia, during a talk on the judiciary sponsored by the National Italian…
Pope John Paul II was elected Pope on this day in 1978. This posting contains links to many articles about him: John Paul II, Requiescat in pacem Two additional postings about Pope John Paul II: Follow Me: John Paul II Roused Us From a Lethargic Faith A Poignant Reflection on John Paul II
