Dinner

So I had dinner last night with some friends.  Preface:  I share a box of produce that I get weekly from the fine people at Gathering Together Farm.  With that box comes a short newsletter containing a few recipes using ingredients from the box.  So last night, we made two of them as part of [...]

Obama’s speech

The full text of it can be found here.
And shockingly, it’s pretty much vanilla.  The only things I noted were the use of examples – the names of the kids are not traditionally white names – and the emphasis on responsibility he places on the students.  But overall, as pretty much everyone knew it would [...]

Democrats make me want to start believing in social Darwinism…

UPDATE 9/5/09 @ 4 PM:  I am told the LCSD is taping the President’s speech and giving teachers an option to show it to their classes, but not offering teachers the option to show it live.  However, as far as I know, the Express isn’t covering this, nor has there been an explanation given as [...]

LE: Former Lebanon judge pleads guilty to sex abuse charges

Whoops. OK, link fixed.
A few questions, though.  For example, what is this line doing in the story?
The charges stem from accusations he abused his power as a judge by using female parolees and employees to gratify his sexual desires.
At the very least, it’s not sourced, and that makes it a really awkward line, since it [...]