Category Archives: General

Here’s a great email from my cousin Lorrin (better known as Andy) to my mother. He’s a much better writer than I am. The email refers to his wife, Marvyne, and to my brother, Jeff, who has appeared on this … Continue reading →

There has been much wailing and gnashing of teeth lately about George Bush being a born-again Christian, and about the tendency of evangelical Christians to vote based on their religious beliefs, as if this were some kind of recent and … Continue reading →

Being married to Candace means that I am immersed in the milieu of musicians and songwriters, talented, artistic people, here in Nashville and environs, and they are for the most part card-carrying members of the now very depressed, Bush-despising left. … Continue reading →

We’re not talking about any tangible legal rights here, such as inheritance, visitation, tax deductions, etc., all of which could be granted with little public outcry. We’re talking about changing the legal definition of a word, marriage, irrespective of any … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Yeah, sure. OK. But I don’t know if I believe that as much, and as absolutely, as Andrew Sullivan and his readers believe it. Still, the sense one gets about this tactic is very disturbing. It’s wrong, … Continue reading →

Here’s an email from my cousin Andy: Now that things have settled down I finally got around to checking out your blog. Literate (of course) and quite stimulating. Good essay on utopianism, very much on target, although I don’t think … Continue reading →

Posted by Harcamone Is it appropriate, or polite, to laugh? Can there really be, as Reuters says, a huge wave of Americans who want to move to Canada because they are so disgusted/grieved/terrified/angst-ridden, whatever, that Bush was elected? Well, I … Continue reading →

You know, I’m not as dismissive of the “moral values” demographic as I useta. Like you said, gay marriage, abortion, hostility to committed Christianity. These are not ridiculous, unreal concerns. They have real substance, and I am not reflexively opposed … Continue reading →

I believe the American idea to be the most revolutionary, world-wide idea that has happened on the scene in two thousand years. I am sure that George Bush sees it the same way. I am quite sure that John Kerry … Continue reading →

It’s extraordinary to me, that when you look at the maps, you see red states everywhere, with a handful of blue states on the west coast and in the northeast, and this means it’s a tie. In other words, the … Continue reading →