by Piper Bayard | Mar 18, 2012 | Current Affairs, History
By Jay Holmes This weekend, two seemingly disconnected pieces of news were announced. One informed us that Libya’s former intelligence chief, Abdullah al-Senussi, was arrested Saturday at an airport in Mauritania. The other was that convicted Sobibor...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 12, 2012 | Apocalypse, Life and Death
By Piper Bayard I opened my eyes yesterday and thought, “Who came up with this crap?” The crap I’m referring to is Daylight Savings Time. As if we could save either daylight or time. What is time, anyway? This thing we measure that can’t be measured at all. It flies...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 11, 2012 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
On Thursday, Holmes announced that we have declared March 12 to be Aunts and Uncles Day to recognize those amazing, irreplaceable people who love us and guide us outside the parent/child relationship. Last week, he introduced us to Aunt Lily. This week, Holmes tells...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 8, 2012 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
By Jay Holmes After dealing with so much grim material of late, like Iran and Syria, I needed to write about something more cheerful. In the USA, we celebrate Mothers Day on the second Sunday of each May. We celebrate Fathers Day on the third Sunday of each June. At...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 7, 2012 | Uncategorized
By Piper Bayard and Jay Holmes Last week, Georgetown law student Sarah Fluke testified at a congressional hearing and asked Congress to make it mandatory for employers to provide contraception coverage for their employees in their health insurance benefits. In...
by Piper Bayard | Mar 4, 2012 | Amusing Ourselves and Hopefully You
When life gets busy so does Holmes, but don’t worry, he’ll be back soon with more of his foreign affairs analysis and biting sarcasm. In the meantime, I thought I’d lighten things up a bit after that intense and important series on Iran (See Special...
by Piper Bayard | Feb 27, 2012 | Life and Death
You’ve heard of The People of Walmart? My 14-yr-old darling daughter (“DD”) and I are The People of Walgreens. We love Walgreens. Not only does it meet our snacking and prescription needs, it has lots of stuff that is either unique or so hidden in...
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