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The Dallas Cowboys – the greatest sporting team that ever was, is or ever will be – lost for the second straight week, today to the Chargers 20-17. On next Saturday to New Orleans to play the 13-0 Saints.

Despite the eccentric lot dimensions of our new home (135 feet x 1321 feet), one of the things that attracted us to it was the 30 x 36 metal building erected on a concrete pad, ideal for a new kennel … Continue reading →

Where else but the New York Times? To the Editor: Who should bear responsibility when consumers use products, such as cellphones, in unreasonably dangerous ways? Generally, the narrative of personal responsibility has precluded courts from allocating a share of responsibility … Continue reading →

Victor Davis Hanson: The society at large, driven by the sermonizing of its elites, has come to an unstated conclusion that, unfortunately, a few Americans will have to be sacrificed from time to time, for the larger goal of establishing … Continue reading →

Apart from journalism, there’s no profession as self-congratulatory as entertainment. I can’t even turn on the TV without stumbling on some awards show. Of course, part of what our actors, directors, musicians, etc. congratulate themselves on is taking a hard, … Continue reading →

Pembroke, Virginia. “Hey, gimme a ham and swiss on rye with mayo and ten-penny nails!”

From Megan McArdle’s blog, on the story of the State of California withholding more money because it needs it more than its citizens do: Frankly, I think in this, as in so many other areas, California is providing a valuable … Continue reading →

A discussion at The Corner deals with movie remakes, both good and bad. What about operas that turned out much better the second time around? Iphigenia en Tauride: Niccolo Jommelli (1771) vs. Christoph Gluck (1779) The Flying Dutchman: Pierre-Louis Dietsch … Continue reading →

Where else but the New York Times?  To the Editor: The hubris destroying this country comes from the private sector, not government. Constitutional safeguards protect us from the abuse of government power. Executives exercise unchecked power not only to pay … Continue reading →

The Nobel committee has awarded the 2009 Peace prize to Our President, the Rt. Hon. Abraham Delano Fitzgerald Mahatma Obama for… what exactly? When Charles Ives won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Music he gave away the money, making the … Continue reading →

The American political system was, as the saying goes, “designed by geniuses so it could be run by idiots.” But a cocktail of political and technological trends have converged in the last decade that are making it possible for the … Continue reading →

A few milestones on our girl’s career: First show: June 25, 1998, Warren County Kennel Club of Ohio, judge Roy Holloway First points/first major: April 18, 1999, Delaware, Ohio KC, judge Jon Thompson Championship: May 26, 2000, Winners Bitch for … Continue reading →

  MBIS MBISS Ch. Soyara’s Chantilly Lace JC ROM-C December 19, 1997-September 25, 2009 The morning was silver, the noontime golden and the evening bronze.  But each was polished until it shone after its fashion. Lacey was our heart.  She was … Continue reading →

Retired Supreme Court justice David Souter has cached his apparently extensive diary with the New Hampshire Historical Society with the stipulation that it remain under wraps for 50 years. Too bad! I was looking forward to reading something like this: … Continue reading →

Senator Edward M. Kennedy is dead. Edward Kennedy will be remembered as a man who overcame an impoverished, hardscrabble upbringing to matriculate at Harvard, where he soon established a reputation for extraordinarily original thinking. Before his election in 1962 he … Continue reading →