Pic of the day:  Mont Saint-Victoire, by Paul Cezanne. ___________________________ What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title: — Romeo, doff thy name; And for thy name, [...]

A Mitt Romney supporter and volunteer followed Mitt around, and after some short amount of time and some speaking to staffers got to meet him.    She told Mitt she needed a job and was having problems finding one.  He dropped everything to listen to her story.  Mitt took down her personal information, and said that [...]

I was reading a story before which caught my eye (if I find the link to it I will place it here), about the current additions to the NDAA.  It was curious in that it, unlike most news stories, used the actual source of the information in the story.  In this case it was truly [...]

There is one kind of prison where the man is behind bars, and everything that he desires is outside; and there is another kind where the things are behind the bars, and the man is outside. Upton Sinclair, The Jungle _______________________________ I am reading news about the changes in voter registration laws around the country, [...]

I find the oddest stuff while reading the news.  Looking for source material for writing an article about the Presidents speech tonight, I rolled across a story about John Boehner bringing with him to the speech one Henry Juszkiewicz, President of Gibson Guitars.  Initially I’m thinking “Ya know, that is pretty f****** cool of him to [...]