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Dancing... or drinking through life
I am not even sure that I know how to do a link anymore. I'm giving it a shot though so, three readers, please forgive me if I mess this up.
So Rod Dreher's sister is battling cancer. It is nasty. Their faith is extraordinary. Here's his latest post (I think)
There are 8 comments on it.
As I scrolle
posted 3:05:22pm Mar. 02, 2010 |
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Back...
I'm back here at JWalking after a bit of time because I just want someplace to record thoughts from time to time. I doubt that many of the thoughts will be political - there are plenty upon plenty of people offering their opinions on everything political and I doubt that I have much to add that will
posted 10:44:56pm Mar. 01, 2010 |
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Learning to tell a story
For the last ten months or so I've been engaged in a completely different world - the world of screenwriting. It began as a writing project - probably the 21st Century version of a yen to write the great American novel - a shot at a screenplay. I knew that I knew nothing about the art but was inspir
posted 8:01:41pm Feb. 28, 2010 |
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And just one more
I have, I think, just one more round of chemo left.
When I go through my pill popping regimen tomorrow morning it will be the last time for this particular round of drugs. Twenty-three rounds, it seems, is enough.
What comes next? We'll go back to what we did after the surgery. We'll watch and measu
posted 11:38:45pm Nov. 18, 2008 |
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A Newfie for Obama
NPR asked me to do a short memo to the president-elect. I chose to do it on the dog he should choose... and why. Check it out.
posted 12:25:10am Nov. 15, 2008 |
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posted November 26, 2007 at 12:21 pm
I really didn’t like it either. My brother knew Huckabee years ago and recalls both his faith and his huge ambition. I suppose those two can go together at times. I liked him more last week when he hadn’t made a couple of nutsy comments. On the other hand, I liked Obama more last week too. He does seems to be pulling it all together well in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Looking for somebody “this” week. An Obama – Huckabee race would be interesting to say the least.
posted November 26, 2007 at 1:25 pm
As you said, David, I get the politics but the ad only promises rhetoric. Nota bene, the ad promises that we hold clear values we won’t sacrifice and doesn’t name them. It’s almost a promise that Huckabee will be a typical politician.
posted November 26, 2007 at 9:30 pm
It’s just one ad. It’s honesty. Something so many people no longer know how to deal with.
David,
Why not give this guy a call and help him out?
posted November 26, 2007 at 11:05 pm
Let’s hope Huckabee doesn’t believe in silencing dissent like so many other political players.
posted November 26, 2007 at 11:11 pm
If they improbably both became the nominees, I could see them getting together for a Lincoln/Douglas (or, as rumored before the assassination, JFK/Goldwater) type barnstorming around the country.
posted November 27, 2007 at 9:43 am
Larry, I know this shows bias, but if the two parties nominate Huckabee or McCain and Obama or Biden, they are much healthier institutions than I think they are. Romney, Giuliani, Clinton and Edwards for whatever they’re right about are demagogues and pandars. The fact that the latter are 4 of the top five candidates confirms for me what I’ve suspected: That Americans generally want a healthy, prosperous and moral nation but partisans are satisfied to be congratulated on their wisdom.
posted November 27, 2007 at 2:47 pm
Had a problem with YouTube over the weekend …
David’s right about the commercial, I think. It’s like Huckabee’s trying to be angry because some political consultant told him it will play well, but it’s not in his nature. So it comes across half-hearted.
posted November 28, 2007 at 10:12 am
IMO, I would like to see political candidates stop listening to their consultants about what ‘sells’. It’s so demoralizing and it ends up with everyone seeing the other side as a charactiture [sp] instead of the multi-dimensional people that they are.