Surprise, surprise. Among other things, the GOP’s budget cuts would hurt tsunami warning centers, undermining their ability to act. But don’t worry. Defending the Defense of Marriage Act should be all the tsunami prevention we need.

I wondered how much stuff would change when the Huffington Post was bought by AOL. Now I know. I attempted to cross post the “War on the Middle Class” post, and after a day got an email that it exceeds … Continue reading →

This looks like perfect casting. In fact, I’m not sure anyone other than Streep could pull it off. Always a terrific actress, I’m sure she’ll impress in this one too. In fact, I may see it. If nothing else, I’ll … Continue reading →

Sometimes the debate over policy blurs the reality that what we’re really talking about are people’s lives. Case in point, on immigration: Can somebody tell me why this guy — a student who had lived in the U.S. since he … Continue reading →

It’s not marriage, but the signing of Illinois’ civil unions legislation will afford couples and families in that state a measure of protection they didn’t have before. Remember, Vermont passed civil unions more than ten years ago, only to “upgrade” … Continue reading →

Maybe I shouldn’t say much about this, because it doesn’t affect me (because I don’t drink), but I’m entirely in favor of increasing Maryland state taxes on alcohol. Look, the state tax on liquor hasn’t been raised since 1955, and … Continue reading →

Just not on a horse this time, but underground. Dammit, why can’t I ever run into Jake Gyllenhall on the subway? And why couldn’t he be riding with these guys? (Don’t get me wrong. I’m happily married. But just because … Continue reading →

I don’t mean to engage in schadenfreude, but hearing that Tom DeLay has been sentenced to a three-year prison term just makes me fell warm and fuzzy inside.

Once again, there’s something I want very much to write about, but can’t because other priorities have to come first. Of course, everybody’s writing about it. Thus, by the time I do write about it, it’s likely everything will already … Continue reading →

OK, first 100,000 fish turn up dead along an Arkansas River. Then 5,000 birds drop out of the sky in Arkansas. Or vice versa. Either way they happened about 100 miles apart. In both cases, only one or mainly one … Continue reading →

I would just like to say that as a southerner it is both against my nature and my religion to leave my house under the current weather conditions. Nonetheless, despite a cracked rail on the Metro, I made it to … Continue reading →

Dancing With The Stars is neither about dancing nor stars. Discuss.

Parker recently learned the word “overprotective” and now sometimes jokingly says I’m, well, overprotective. Whatever, but if I can keep my kids from getting hurt I’m gonna do it. Case in point: the shredder. I read a while back about … Continue reading →

Great. The plugin I rely upon to create digest posts when I don’t have time to write anything seems to be on the fritz. And like most things that break in my life, I have no time to try and … Continue reading →

I was wondering why my face hurts and why I have a splitting headache. Then I realized, I’ve been clenching my teeth all day. Probably because of the morning I’ve had, and because Pepco’s outage map indicates that my journey … Continue reading →

Just keeps getting stranger and stranger. “Triple Murder Suicide Plot”?

Ooops. So much for teaching kids to “always tell the truth.” Apparently, toddlers who tell lies make for more successful adults. I’m not sure if that says something important about child development, or something sad about the kind of society … Continue reading →

I’m chaperoning the first grade field trip to the national zoo this morning. Wish me luck!

I can honestly say, I didn’t know any of these things.