Archive for January, 2008

Democracy, and All That Stuff…

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

One of the best blogs I read is The Hebdomadal Chesterton, which posts a short but telling quote from Chesterton every week or two. Since Chesterton usually matches his abundance of great ideas with an equally great abundance of words, those small excerpts are quite suited to a lazy reader like me. The latest quote [...]

Posted in Blog Business, Links, Politics | 2 Comments »

Iowa, You-owa

Friday, January 4th, 2008

It was a dark and stormy night in Iowa. A whirlwind swept through the plains, leaving several casualties and causing tens of millions of dollars in damage. But now that the caucuses are over, it can be fun to survey the damage.
Poor Mitt. Can you imagine spending $20m for nothing? That’s worse than the stock [...]

Posted in Politics | 4 Comments »