Quote of the Day

| August 23, 2003

In Paris this spring, a government official explained to me how Europeans had created a more civilised society than America – socialised healthcare, shorter work weeks, more holidays. We’ve just seen where that leads: gran’ma turned away from the hospital to die in an airless apartment because junior’s sur la plage. M Chirac’s somewhat tetchy suggestion […]

The sporting life

| August 21, 2003

Tuesday was a great day. My visiting brother and I took my 12-year-old nephew fishing on Jordan Lake – off a dock, since I have no boat. The crappie were biting, and the boy managed to land one, as well as a catfish. My brother got a crappie. I got bupkus – about ten bites, […]