Happy Birthday, Jarheads

| November 10, 2010

Those of us from other services may josh about their nicknames — jarheads, devil dogs, leathernecks — but when you hear the expression esprit de corps, you can almost be sure they’re talking about the Marine Corps, which celebrates its 235th birthday today. If I had it to do all over again, I’d probably still […]

Quote of the Day, Rebuttal Edition

| November 7, 2010

Twitter user @art2u2, unhappy about GOP wins on Tuesday: If you want to Construct you call on a Democrat and if you want to Tear Down you ask a Republican, it’s that simple. As if constructing, by its very nature, was necessarily a Good Thing. I offer this simple rejoinder: The Berlin Wall was constructed. […]