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Straight Talk in a Crooked World
Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal nailed the general feeling of “huh?” I had about the State of the Union speech tonight: a speech about everything is generally a speech about nothing. It was like a huge, fluffy pastry that, once bitten into, was found to be hollow on the inside. I’m still hungry. […]
Read More State of the UnionFrom KOMO News (http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Barefoot-Bandit-emails-ridicule-law-enforcement–137990673.html): SEATTLE (AP) — “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore ridiculed police and prosecutors in emails and phone calls from prison recently, undercutting his claims that he’s sorry for his two-year crime spree, the U.S. attorney’s office said in court documents filed Tuesday. In these emails, KOMO says, Harris-Moore allegedly called police, prosecutors, and […]
Read More Surprise! (not)Reviews of last night’s Drew Peterson: Untouchable movie on Lifetime are mocking the script, chortling that Rob Lowe is too good-looking to pull off the slovenly, bloated Peterson, and rightfully noting that viewers couldn’t tell which characters exist in real life and which don’t. At least a few websites are saying you should watch it just […]
Read More Drew Peterson: UntouchableAfter last week’s fairly unusual snow event in the Seattle area, we have had rainy, slushy, cold weather this weekend. Areas both rural and urban are keeping an eye on their rivers, streams, and storm drains in case of flooding. If you are able to go outside and clean debris off of a nearby storm […]
Read More Redeeming SolesSherwood Baptist Church of Georgia has done it again. http://www.courageousthemovie.com/ It’s been nearly four months since the release of Sherwood’s fourth film, Courageous. I finally watched it this weekend and found that its tone was consistent with their 2006 football film Facing the Giants. It was a similar mix of laugh out loud hilarity and […]
Read More CourageousLooks like Fred and Barney have learned what not to drive in a Seattle-area snowstorm… I came upon this prehistoric Prius in Kirkland today, lodged in a field of snow just over a slush bank bordering the main drag. Evidently it’s for sale now as the Flintstones and Rubbles have decided to upgrade to a four-wheel drive from a […]
Read More Yubba Dubba… DudeThis week Law.com featured a brilliant website called MapLight, http://maplight.org/. Don’t let the fact that this came out of Berkeley scare you. MapLight follows the money trails from organizations and corporations to legislators and legislation. In other words, you can see where political contributions are coming from and what they’re intended for. Click around on […]
Read More MapLightThere’s an email going around right now that asks an intriguing question: The wise and objective Ralph Hiatt had this to say: Tim Tebow’s “Te-bow” reminds me of the almost exact position shown in the famous painting of General George Washington who was not ashamed to be a Christian when he knelt and prayed for his […]
Read More George W. & the TebowLast Saturday I read what may have been my first Ann Rule book. Perhaps I’ve been buried in academia for so long that I haven’t paused to read this talented local author despite the fact that she’s written about many cases I’ve studied. I found her style to be intuitive, compassionate, and probing. In the […]
Read More In the Still of the NightOn the bottom of my iced tea lid last year was a quote by the Lumberman’s Poet, Douglas Malloch. It said: Good timber does not grow with ease. The stronger the wind, the stronger the trees. Yesterday a friend reminded me of what trees need to go through to build their roots and wood fibers, […]
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