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Just because I can

I have nothing in particular to say about Raphael’s School of Athens, but uploaded it just because I like it, and just because I can.
If I was going to write something interesting, it would be about my insane fellow countrymen who think we should all have to take our shoes off to get on planes, [...]

Posted 31 December 2009 † Brigette Russell § Blogging § Personal ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Yes, we damn well can

Yes, we can. We can put America-centrism behind us. We can celebrate the fact that our new President gave his first TV interview to an Arab network. We can stop dictating and start listening, as President Obama told the Arabs we need to do. Yes, we can. We can listen [...]

Posted 28 January 2009 † Brigette Russell § Politics ‡ Comments (58) ° Also tagged: , , ,

David, Goliath and the Sage from South Central

I already knew everything Larry Elder writes in this column, but for those sufficiently ignorant, morally deficient, or willfully blind to equate Israel’s self-defense with the terrorism practiced by its enemies, it’s a helpful summary.
Now back to my vacation.

Posted 08 January 2009 † Brigette Russell § History § Politics ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , ,

Idiots enough to go around

Dave Maass of the Santa Fe Reporter was kind enough to e-mail me a link to his Swing State of Mind post a few days ago, since he knows I can get preoccupied with domestic disturbances (e.g., a 7-year-old and a 5-year-old in danger of killing each other) and forget to check the political blogs [...]

Posted 13 October 2008 † Brigette Russell § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,