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With only 26 more righteous outrage days left until Christmas, what appears to have been the first volley in this year’s Defense of the Holiday has been fired by Bill Donahue, the head of the Catholic League. He’s the one who is always standing shoulder to shoulder with Evangelicals on nearly every political issue, ignoring […]

President Bush reiterated today that we’re a-stayin’ in Iraq until “the mission is complete.” It’s been pretty well-documented that although our leader claimed that “We’ve never been ’stay the course’” before the election, he’s was being pretty darn stay-the-coursey up until that moment.
And now I’m trying to figure out how “staying until the mission […]

A few hundred years after the Pilgrims hit Plymouth Rock, hopped out, declared “Mission Accomplished,” and headed out to the nearest Indian casino for a feast and a floor show, we can still find things to be thankful for.
For one, I’m thankful for Hugo, the eerily familiar-looking nephew of mine, who I met for the […]

From CNN:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The postelection debate over Iraq is intensifying as members of Congress from both parties pose remedies and the Bush administration hunts for answers…
And a Pentagon review of Iraq has come up with three options — injecting more troops into Iraq, shrinking the force but staying longer or pulling out, The Washington […]

It’s our last day here at “Talkshow,” and there’s a palpable Last Day of School vibe around here. I feel confident in saying that the 47-second opera, “Bigfoot and the Unicorn,” is one of the finest pieces of video ever produced. I’ll try to get you a sneak peak at it soon.
Meanwhile, though, […]

This is my last week on “Talkshow” (no, I haven’t been fired - we’re about to shoot episodes #21 and #22), so I’ll be dropping by a lot more often… very soon. We’ll get together then, you know we’ll have a good time then.
Meanwhile, I am going to assign some homework.
I’ve noticed in the […]

By now everyone in America knows that Nancy Pelosi isn’t actually an anti-establishment radical San Francisco anarchist. Married to the same man for 43 years, she’s the mother of five, grandmother of twenty-two, she’s told the press. To make the point further, she’s added Italian-American, Baltimore, and Catholic to her list of self-identifiers.
I’m […]

I meant to just post an “open thread” for Election Day discussion. But I can’t stop my fingers from making one or two small points.
- Vote. It’s fun! And once you’ve voted, hang around the voting machine to enjoy a print-out of its interpretation of your choices. If the machine has a […]

Here I am with the new Juan Valdez! This picture was taken recently at a gala for Colombians and Colombian-Americans, in association with the Smithsonian Latino Center in DC. Eventually the Latino Center will be its own museum on the mall.
My mother is Colombian. (She became a US citizen about 10 years […]

I’ve been working 24 hours a day, but my sister has been working much, much longer hours. And in her case, it has paid off. In the form of tomorrow’s superstar, Hugo Norbert Holland.

How about that, eh? At the moment, my contact with my sparkly new nephew is by email only, but […]