The following is from an article by Daniel Henninger in the Wall Street Journal
“Responsibility! Accountability! Discipline! Oversight! Rules!
The canyons of Wall Street are ringing with Democratic politicians and liberal pundits crying out for the renewal of ancient values and a return to basics. The political right wants market failures to be punished with Old [...]
I’ve been doing some soul searching about where my opinions come from, what facts do I have to support my opinions, why do I gravitate toward certain political positions, personalities, parties, and points of view (nice alliteration, eh?). I try to get facts but I often have to settle for my gut reaction. [...]
I got the full scoop on the moose saga from my neighbor. The part that I couldn’t see as I cowered in my bedroom above the fray.
A bull moose in rut had been making banshee noises around our neighborhood earlier this week. On Wednesday night he wandered into my backyard which is when I [...]
As I was writing the previous post, I heard a ghostly howl outside my window. At first the television muffled the noise and I wondered if it was my imagination.  ooooOOOOOOOOoooooohhhhh! The labored moan came again. I felt an electric zing of fright flash across my skin. I’m alone. [...]
The judgment of God. Repentance. These are not exactly popular concepts in today’s rational, empirical, enlightened America. But hubris has demanded its due and the high and mighty in their own eyes are reaping the whirlwind of their own greed.  After all, God’s judgment is just another description of the [...]
The best part of Governor Palin’s ABC interview:Â the beautiful Alaskan location!Â
Get MORE than a clue: congress, citizens of the United States of America. Sarah Palin, in her interview with Charles Gibson, made the most important point and then had to drag him back to reiterate it: The foundation of the security of the United States of America is energy independence.
Fuel:Â home [...]
While living in Ithaca, New York from 1996 to 1998, we took three family trips to New York City. Trips filled with the visual chaos, scents, and sounds of the city: Â hair raising traffic and jaw-dropping canyons of glass and concrete, the crush of harried workers and frenetic sight-seers, the aroma of [...]
My husband and brother alerted me to an excellent article by Michael Gerson in the Washington Post today entitled “Trig’s Breakthrough.”
I discussed it with a friend who has a Down Syndrome child. Her son is living a full life, a blessing to his family, a hard worker with a job at a local [...]
The front page of Sunday’s Anchorage Daily News gave an overview of Sarah Palin’s church activity and some of the sentiments expressed by preachers therein. The Anchorage Daily News likes to style itself the “New York Times of the Tundra.” Given the treatment Barak Obama got over statements made by his minister, [...]