Tag Archives: Congress
SOPA opera digest
I’d like it to be noted that I endured 24 hours without Wikipedia. But I didn’t. I got in. Meanwhile, Internet stakeholders-turned-doomsayers appear to have scuttled the online piracy debate captained by the film and television industries. And judging by the millions … Continue reading
Civics meets syntax
Even before the 2012 election process begins in earnest in a few days, I already have indigestion. It used to be that this Beltway baby salivated at the onset of an election year, and all the intellectual and ideological meat it served … Continue reading
Filed under All Things Wordish, News, Politics
100 proof pure poison
It doesn’t matter how often or how extensively we clean our house. We still uncover the oddest things and collections of things under the layers of dust that have been accumulating for 20 years. Oh, the things we find in bags, bowls, bins, … Continue reading
Filed under Hearth and Home, Politics, Reading
Date night
If you haven’t been following the lead up to tonight’s State of the Union address, or “SOTU” as inside-the-Beltway rags call it, something remarkable and history-making is about to happen. Rather than being separated into sections, Republicans and Democrats have … Continue reading
