The Scratching Post

... and he works for CBS. Last night, we watched the 60 Minutes piece on the Gambino boy (such a nice, clean, articulate young man! It'...

I'm 6 months late coming to this one, but you really ought to visit this bit from our Poet Laureate . Beautiful.

Hey, it was a pretty rough parish. Those donut and coffee gatherings after the 9 AM Mass sometimes got out of hand, particularly when they ...

I enjoy reading and listening to Charles Krauthammer. He's a clever and wise pundit with a knack for saying things clearly. Having sai...

The Tories are in charge! Yay! British schools are saved ! The new British government has made a start implementing its 'free schools...

I never thought the blame given to President Bush after Katrina was very fair. It was a colossal natural disaster and humans being human, s...

President Obama is sending 1200 National Guardsmen to our border with Mexico to beef up protection there. Once they arrive, will they engag...

... that leads to violence? Maybe. Dig this - at the very least, watch the first minute or so where they show the video of the event. Syno...

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Dig this . President Barack Obama last week fired his intelligence chief, Dennis Blair, without an immediate successor teed up. People famil...

... but not by much. I love listening to Nouriel Roubini, the economist professor from NYU who called the crash correctly. He's a voice ...

While perusing Bloomberg this morning, I came across this little tidbit that wonders if Gen Y is really that difference from previous gener...

A while back, I downloaded and installed iTunes . The results were unpleasant as the thing went and converted all my wma music files to mp3...

This is surreal . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said North Korea's military actions against the South have placed Northeast As...

Our salvias have fuzzy, purple flowers. I like them very much. I left the originals fairly large and I think they're worth a click.

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... your financial statements look like this (you'll need to click on it). Image from Der Spiegel . Taking Greece as an example and maki...

Education has long been one of the major power bases for liberals. What students are taught in high school and college has a major effect o...