Pic of the day:  Whistler’s Mother, by James Whistler ___________________________ Democracy and freedom do not guarantee the millennium. No, we do not choose political freedom because it promises us this or that. We choose it because it makes possible the only dignified form of human coexistence, the only form in which we can be fully [...]

Answer: Beyond being together in this article, not a damn thing. _____________________ Pic of the day:  Diana and Actaeon by Titian ________________________ Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set [...]

Mitt Romney, for those of you who aren’t paying attention is actually doing well as far as his chances in his bid to win the Republican nomination for President.  You would not know it from the news coverage, though.  As far as the popular vote goes he is the only Republican to get over a [...]

Roddy seems intent on the television.  There is just a picture.  Almost no movement, no sound.  But watch long enough, and he sees the smallest movement, and reacts. Eyes light up, body springs to attention.  Notices something like him on the other side of the screen. Something ready to fight. A foot moves a half [...]

The house is a mess.  But that’s OK, the Senate is too.  And they can afford to be like that as well, being the wealthy people that they are.  We knew that they were wealthy, wealthier than the average American, but the amount they make, and their net worth more than doubling in 20 some [...]