Rerum Novarum

On the Status of This Year's Atomic August : I do not know how else to say it but I failed this August to accomplish an objective I h...

On Sen. McCain's Selection of Governor Sarah Palin as His Running Mate: Before posting the planned thread on Joe Biden, I want to take t...

The "points to ponder" installment from yesterday was excerpted back in June for eventual use when I decided the time was right t...

A Wednesday Night Analysis of Possible Iowa Caucus Results: (With Kevin Tierney) It may seem strange to blog this thread since significant m...

I would be remiss if I did not finally acknowledge that the 12-4 part of the predictions I made for the Seahawks this season record-wise did...

Miscellaneous Notes: Three bits briefly before calling it a night... --Having tired recently of seeing that stupid "cost of the war in ...

Miscellaneous Musings: Five bits to cover briefly so here goes... --June 3rd will mark a notable anniversary in that it will be the birthday...

Correcting a Post Number Numerical Miscalculation: The counter on this humble weblog as of today registered a supposed "post number...

"Empty Spaces" Dept. (Posted on October 28, 2006) Whaaat shaaall we uuuse... To filllll...the emp-ty... spa-ces...where...we us...

The previously noted first draft of an album review (Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan In Session ) was posted to Amazon a couple days ag...

"Mea Culpa" Dept. In light of the high degree of accuracy of many of your host's analyses and predictions over the years, it...

"Empty Spaces" Dept. (Posted 10/07/05) Whaaat shaaall we uuuse... To filllll...the emp-ty... spa-ces...where...we used to taaaa...

"TCR" Dept. Part of the reason it is customary to celebrate anniversaries is because they are a good time to look back on what h...

An Outline of Circumstances and a Public Apology to David Palm: Originally I intended to make this a detailed public apology but I am run...

In one of the first parts of the thread on obedience, I made an error that I originally addressed with a correction in the post but decided...

"Minor Mea Culpas" Dept. (aka "Tales from the Mailbag") The principle held by this writer for many years has been th...

"Mea Culpa" Dept. I plan to do some thorough cleaning tomorrow so hopefully my book of spiritual instructions will turn up so ...

"Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa" Dept. Speaking of the Curmudgeon, for those who are shills for worldwide conspiracies, he...

"Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa" Dept. As I am critical of certain individuals for being bereft of the mea culpa, I w...