I wasn’t going to write any more about Reagan today until I realized that tomorrow is the anniversary of D-Day. Tomorrow is a day for the veterans of WW2 and the people who currently serve in the military. I won’t be writing about Reagan tomorrow at all. If I do post it will be about D-Day or some thanks to the troops. However, today is Reagan’s day. As is often the case, Jeff says it best: “You...

It’s hard to believe it’s been nearly ten years since Reagan left the public scene with his announcement that he had Alzheimers. He’s had such a profound impact on my life and has been the best President of my lifetime. The country was a mess when he tookover – interest rates in the low teens, inflation high and unemployment high – and when he left office the country had been transformed....

With the cutback in blogging around here I’ve had more time to read. Here’s a quick roundup: * Dan Spencer has a number of good posts. For a post on the Zarqwi aid that was nabbed, look here. For a post on Kerry’s missed vote on the bioshield, look here. For a post on Kerry’s reduced idealism, look here. * Spoons has an excellent link to the biggest dork on the planet. He’s not kidding. *...

The Transplanted Texan Yep, nothing new under the sun. Hating Europe – and being hated by her – is as old as our country. It’s a tradition dating back through P.J. O’Rourke all the way back to Mark Twain, at least. Are we indeed going to lose Spain’s respect? Is there no way to avoid this calamity – or this compliment? Are we going to lose her respect because we have made a promise...

I’ve been getting a pretty large number of hits on this post about Bill Cosby and his impolitic remarks at a banquet celebrating the Brown v. Board of Education decision. Cosby made some remarks that were right on the mark, though not exclusive to black people, and took some heat for it. Matt Rosenberg, of Rosenblog, has written a piece in National Review on the media coverage of it and it appears...

I’ve been having some trouble with the sidebar on the right spilling over into the center column for the past few days and I believe it is fixed. If you notice any problems, leave me a note in the comments to this post, please. Thanks.

Amazon.com: DVD: Star Wars Trilogy (Widescreen Edition) Everything that’s been done to the Star Wars movies in the last seven years is, without a doubt, the biggest pooch screw in the history of cinema, and yes, I’m including Ishtar and Heaven’s Gate. From an Amazon editorial review of the upcoming DVD release: Years later, George Lucas transformed his films into “special editions” by adding...

Darmon has a couple of good posts that are certainly worth your time (see here and here). Also, the WaPo has an editorial that suggests that we defer to the Iraqis on our troop movements once the handover is complete. Not a good idea. Better to allow the troops to disengage, create bases out of the major population centers for their own protection and then allow the new Iraqi government to veto proposed...

Well, so much for throttling back, at least for the moment. Reading more seems to inspire posting. Feministe is complaining about the under-representation of women among top bloggers (she apparently doesn’t know Michele) and the first time I read her blog, on the first page, is an idiotic rant about the draft and she blames “Rethugnicans” without even bothering to research the issue. Of course...

The past day or so I’ve just been reading the news and following what other people have to say and have been enjoying it. It’s likely to last a while unless my situation changes – overwhelmed with life in meatspace and in a good way – or I get over being burned out. I’m just throttling back a bit. I lengthened the number of posts that show up on the main page so there will be more reading...