Tête-à-Tête-Tête

We’re getting a little break down in the southeast from the long and intense heat wave that has dogged us for so much of July. Things are still rough out west. Listening to the radio talk about California’s power grid in the midst of all this sticky, I was reminded of something that [...]

Ryan Lizza flags a quiz that tells you whether you’re in the Red Tribe or the Blue Tribe, politically speaking, based on your lifestyle choices. It turns out that I’m “Red, Enough Said”, with a score of 8, just like Ryan.

…It’s only seven minutes, 29 seconds of your life.

Will this be Me First & the Gimme Gimme week?

Last in Vova & Olga Galchenko week. Don’t worry - there are plenty more on YouTube. I like this one because the leap-frog routine is cool, and because it’s fun to watch them goof. Girl #2 (on left) is американский (”American” in case your unicode settings render that as a series [...]

I sometimes have a bad habit of being optimistic, and I guess this is one of those times. Tim F., the Balloon Juice lefty is not a Middle East Expert, so it must be that his analysis leaves room for optimism, and that it is apparently consistent with the facts as they have been [...]

Really?
Just ask these guys about it.
I am well aware of what we are giving in this relationship. I am a little confused as to exactly what we are getting in return. 
 

My outrage knows no bounds. Martin Peretz, in a piece called “The Exercise of Common Sense”, writes,
I have just read the five Lebanon Travel Warnings issued by the Department of State from November 18, 2004 through today, July 19. OK, forget about the last one. It came too late for those trapped in Lebanon [...]

Some comments from (current or former) supporters of the war in Iraq simply enrage me. Andrew Sullivan:
As for my later comments about opponents of the Iraq war being “objectively pro-Saddam,” that seems to me to be indisputable. If they’d had their way, he’d still be in power.
Let me propose an analogy: It’s not hard [...]

The stem cell veto came down the pipe as expected, and will not be overridden because the House lacks the cajones. It’s a pretty big event, politically, scientifically, morally - and the President, and a thin band of ultra-right wingers found themselves on the wrong side of it. So, I have this morbid [...]

SHIRLEY’S SOUL FOOD FEATURED ON FOOD NETWORK
Toccoa is becoming known not only for its military history but also for its restaurants.  On July 29th, local eatery “Shirley’s Soul Food” on East Currahee St. will be featured on a new Food Network series called, “Feasting on Asphalt.”  
Shirley Combs says the show’s host; Alton Brown visited [...]