Assistant Village Idiot

When you're Mozart, you can do this.

Grim from my sidebar went to the DNC protests.  You may want to keep up with his posts over the next couple of weeks.

There are many things I could comment on in t his essay by a Chinese Christian , but two jumped out at me.  He makes specific mention of the...

I didn't care much for the commentary, but the list is fun enough. I don't usually do lists, but...

Ultimately, it was cowardice that did Sanders in, a cowardice we long saw coming. One of his key points at the beginning of his can...

There are of course ironies in the discussion of whether America is great or not.   Michelle Obama was proud of being an American for t...

Jonathan Rauch over at The Atlantic has an interesting article , whose basic premise is that all that old-timey political party hack an...

I should have mentioned that I believe the authors of Mistakes Were Made would likely at least try to be honest brokers and would have menti...

There used to be pamphlets and short books at the Christian bookstores about how CS Lewis, and sometimes JRR Tolkien, weren't Christians...

I think that in general, as Laura notes and T99 supports, Hillary's appearance is commented on far more than any male candidate. For wom...

I will be at camp, with some computer access but much less. Blogging will be light.

Note: small but important edit of changing "can't" to "can" in paragraph 5.  I think most of you would have recognis...