From Fall Into Winter…. Again (A Grump’s Lament)

When I asked the love of my life to grow old with me….

Well, I should have been more careful.

Oh, now, don’t worry; It’s just that I’d just not envisioned following through on the growing old part so

InstaGlenn notes this norning an article in the Economist, which says in part:

“The erosion of the old media establishment probably does entail some shift to the right, if only because so many of the newer voices are more reliably

The WSJ is on fire today… here’s another bit from their site… one they apparently run every year… I adit not having seen it before. Here’s a taste:

“But we can all remind ourselves that the richness of this country

The WSJ has posted somehting that you want to read… and makre sure your older Kids see it too.

Perhaps some of you are unaware of the origins of this day being set aside as a national day of Thanksgiving.

Also, you may not know that Ol’ Ben Franklin wanted to make the Turkey the national bird, thinking the

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 23, 2004

Thanksgiving Day, 2004
By the President of the United States of AmericaA Proclamation

In Focus: Thanksgiving 2004

All across America, we gather this week with the people we

Loretta Sanchez (D-Ca) finally said out loud what we’d known all along.Wizbang has the details.

The 2004 Report of the Auditor General of Canada is on, and I gotta tell ya; I’m starting to wonder why our borders are still open with these people.

John Podhoretz at The Corner on National Review Online seems to think the movie has a few problems:

“Oliver Stone’s Alexander, which opens today, isn’t just bad. It’s Springtime for Hitler bad. I haven’t guffawed this hard since I saw

Michael Goodwin thinks Dan Rather’s fall to be Nixonian.
He may have a point. A good read, he certainly has.

Good to see Billy Beck’s Two–Four back online following a case of server transition-itis.

Welcome back, Billy.

MSNBC is reportng that Steinbrenner is offering Pedro Martinez $50m to come over from the Sox. Pedro for his part, is holding out for $60M. It’s perhaps a measure of how much last year’s season stung the Yankees, that Steinbrenner

ABC News::

“Dan Rather announced today he will step down as anchor and managing editor of the ‘CBS Evening News’ on March 9, 2005 “

My views about Rather are well known. For first time readers; I hold him

Cave News and Views has the details. Gee, just a week ago we were told it was Usama BinLaden. He’s still trying to dodge the blame for his loss, I guess.
Still, one can see his point; Someone not telling

It occurs to me that this gent sounds rather a lot like a Bit’sBlog regular, Serpent.

An interesting argument going on, on this thread.