When it’s really clear that one is looking for the right thing in the wrong place, I often use the metaphor of shopping for groceries at the hardware store. Your intentions might be good, but no matter how hard you look, you’re not going to find ketchup in the plumbing aisle (except, perhaps, as a stain on the shirt of the hardware store clerk). The most recent example of this disconnect is documented in
It’s probably risky making a judgment about something that’s going on 3,000 miles away. But that’s never stopped me before. I’m referring to the governor’s race in the state of New York. What it looks like from the other coast is a multi-faceted story of desperation. On the one hand, it looks like the Republican candidate — Carl Paladino — is engaging in some pathetically des
In the wake of the drubbing they took in the election last week , the Republican Party is now in the process of doing some long overdue self-examination. The media have been trying to determine the whereabouts of the soul of the Republican party. So I thought I’d offer my unsolicited 9-point plan for Republican soul searching: Get one. In order to search one’s soul, one actually has to have a soul. Stop l
It’s been remarkable to see the outcry over the last several days about the passage in California of Proposition 8. For gays and lesbians (and those who love them), the elation that we ought to be feeling wholeheartedly along with our fellow Americans is tempered with the knowledge that the same election that ushered in a new era in politics and government also stripped us of rights that other citizens have. Fo
The election is getting down to the wire, and the 24-hour news channels, the blogs, the newspapers all seem to have fallen into the same pattern. Almost as soon as the polls started to reveal a commanding lead for Obama, the media all seem to be providing strategic advice to the fumbling McCain campaign. We keep seeing headlines and hearing teases along the lines of “How McCain Could Turn the Tables.” It&
2 cups leafy green verbs 1 cup adjectives, chopped 1/2 cup pronouns 6 dangling participles 2 cups ripe nouns, minced 12 prepositions, peeled and diced 1 cup ripe conjunctions 6 articles, slightly blanched 1/2 tsp. intelligence 1 qt. hubris Non-sequiturs In a large bowl, combine the verbs and adjectives. Set aside. Season a large saute pan with participles. Gradually add nouns, prepositions, and conjunctions. Stir unt
