DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY, Monday July 2, 2007, hypothetically — The Arkansas State Police arrested the executive editors, managing editors and editorial page editors of two prominent newspapers at 11 this morning, no one being in their offices before that. At 12:01 a.m. Sunday, the measure forbidding the spelling of the possessive of Arkansas as “Arkan—‘” became […]
I make good eggs. Of course, I ran a bed-and-breakfast for a year. Making muffins and, yes, eggs got me hired. But that’s not what I mean. I make good eggs. A year and a half ago, I put up a Brick that toward the end included my daydream that family and friends just humor […]
As a ranking official of the Arkansas Contrarian Liabilities Union, it pains me to have to defend ranking rank conservative commentator Coulter. There is a move to have her syndicate, Universal Press, drop her newspaper column. Ann Coulter in a speech (not a TV commentary or published essay) called a Democratic presidential candidate a homosexual […]
Somewhere in Brick, and more than once I’m sure, I have opined that the reason the Iraq war has weak grassroots opposition is its distance from U.S. These thoughts are far, far from unique. For one thing, the Pentagon prevents photos being taken of caskets of military personnel being brought back to America, among similar […]
What kind of reader are you? I like sentences so I tend to read word for word, have to force myself to skim. My Beloved looks for content. In print, she refuses to allow cleverness or grace to detour her, though she appreciates good lines in drama, as well as deep thoughts. Who reads, now? […]
Not every book works well as an audio. If it’s adequate, it may not be a successful work-commute diversion. For most of eight years, I’ve had a long-enough drive (20 minutes one way) where audio books are more satisfying than, public radio. Spoken word holds the attention better than even the best tunes, work week […]