February 2012
20 posts
“Make no mistake: Yesterday Mitt Romney struggled to win in his home state and if...”
– From the campaign of Rick Santorum
*audrey assad*: Tony Lucido →
audreyassad:
Just wanted to take a few minutes to post some words about Tony Lucido, who played bass on my latest record. These words, though they are well-intentioned, cannot begin to sum up how much of a pleasure it is to work with this guy. He’s got talent coming out his ears, and he adds to that a passion…
“What Fluke is arguing, then, is that her fellow law students have a right to...”
– Georgetown co-ed: Please pay for us to have sex … We’re going broke buying birth control « Hot Air
“For me, the events of 9/11 were certainly a catalyst, the new ingredient that...”
– New Statesman - The God wars
“The Obama administration’s proposed defense budget calls for military families...”
– Trashing Tricare | Washington Free Beacon
“Remember this was all written by a white guy who worked on The Facts of Life....”
– Mark Lisanti live-blogs ‘Crash’ - Grantland
“I still run the show
Don’t you forget it
So I had to let some go...”
– David Bazan, Fewer Broken Pieces
“Nowadays, people just churn out these records, but they’re not really...”
– Santigold Talks Long-Awaited New Album | News | Pitchfork
“If the mandate were only about extending contraception coverage, exempting...”
– Kulturkampf as Public Health - Rich Lowry - National Review Online
“Curiously, before the hearing there was apparently no great concern by the House...”
– Where the Women Were During the House Contraception Mandate Hearing | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
“As a woman, I was embarrassed by the cry of “Where are the women?”...”
– Where the Women Were During the House Contraception Mandate Hearing | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction
“So something is missing. At a time when we need most the voices of Catholic...”
– Something missing?: Catholic World Report
Music Lessons (that work for publishing, too) -... →
As a result, the music business built huge systems. They created top-heavy organizations, dedicated superstores, a loss-leader touring industry, extraordinarily high profit margins, MTV and more. It was a well-greased system, but the key question: why did it deserve to last forever?
Bishop Lori and the Parable of the Kosher Deli «... →
“Meanwhile, there is no imposition at all on the freedom of those who want to eat pork. That is, they are subject to no government interference at all in their choice to eat pork, and pork is ubiquitous and cheap, available at the overwhelming majority of restaurants and grocers. Indeed, some pork producers and retailers, and even the government itself, are so eager to promote the eating of...
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and...”
– L.P. Jack from his Education Through Recreation, published in 1932.
Liz sent this quote to me this morning. I won’t pretend to be a “master in the art of living” (still too clumsy at life, still finding my legs), but work looks ever more like play and play more like work. The similarities create...
“If much in the world were mystery the limits of that world were not, for it was...”
– Cormac McCarthy (from Blood Meridian)
“It’s a safe bet that the wealthy median American consumer of the 2020s, 2030s,...”
– Why We Shouldn’t Worry About The (Alleged) Decline Of The Music Industry - Forbes