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Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock Last Friday, GOP vice presidential […]
This very short essay was deleted by my hosting service, but its drafts aren’t to be found. It was the second of two about Sarah Palin with an allusion to Hurricane Gustav and just about three quick paragraphs. If a reader pulled off a copy, please send a copy to me — ben (at) benpollock […]
Sen. John McCain chose Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska as the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate. Details are a click away, but here’s quick thoughts from the hour since the announcement. McCain just evened the Brick odds of winning. Once the primaries indicated the top candidates, I never saw him as beating Sen. Barack Obama, […]
(A reference to the Twilight Zone classic episode, “To Serve Man.”) At Shady Hills, we worry a bit about the cats’ diet since that canned-food scare last year. Most current pet food books recommend raw foods. After all, who cooked for Rosemary and Tiki in Fayetteville fields and alleys? Besides their finding handouts and garbage […]
Copyright 2008 Ben S. Pollock DATELINE MIRTHOLOGY — The crisis in ice cream is one that should concern even those who dislike the confection, though that’s one smear of fudge sauce against them already. The price of ice cream and comparable cooling sweets has jumped so much, so quickly that the confection industry has begun […]
As a youngster from the South, I thought cane sugar was the only kind there was. Then, four years at a California university didn’t change that. The Safeways of the area sold cane sugar in 5 and 10 pound sacks. In my first job, a news producer at KFJM-FM and KFJM-AM, Public Radio for the […]