Last Masterpiece of the Year

| November 26, 2003

Thanksgiving dinner. Mmmmm…. Mom makes the best T-Day meal ever made by anyone. [Emerson’s Second Law: “Mom” can be claimed to be the best cook in the world by anyone and everyone; everyone making such a claim is correct; there is no logical contradiction in the existence of more than one “best cook.”] It’s a […]

Without Representation

| October 23, 2003

I am so glad we in North Carolina have a principled voice-of-the-people senator in our own John Edwards. I’m glad to see him taking a stand on pay raises for the Senate. Oh, wait. He didn’t. This shouldn’t be a surprise, given his track record. Would someone be so good as to tell me how, […]