pursuing holiness, following politics
John McCain, the man who brought you the campaign finance “reform” law that bears his name, may now be limited by his own rules to spending only $5 million between now and September while his general election opponent can spend that much every week. – BobKrumm.com
Krumm ties this into some interesting background on why we have Miranda rights – and what happened to the infamous Miranda.
He has a great blog, but does he play quidditch? 
[Added: Edited title - I forgot the word "reform."]
Interesting review of Eat, Pray, Love:
“But warning bells about her spiritual sincerity start to go off when she admits she is willing to look everywhere (apparently in the whole wide world) for God, except in anything resembling orthodox Christianity.”
From WSJ, a probe to see whether Congress is misusing travel stipends:
“Some lawmakers said it has been a longstanding custom of lawmakers in both parties to keep any extra money. If lawmakers weren’t allowed to keep leftover travel funds, “you could never get many members traveling,” said Mr. Ortiz, the Texas Democrat, in an interview earlier this year.”
And the problem with that would be… ?
I had to laugh when I read Henry’s post, Five Sites I Read Because I Disagree. That’s the same reason I read Henry’s site – we’re generally on the same page, faith-wise, but Henry offers thoughtful, cogent defenses of politics a good deal more liberal than my own. (Though he’s much closer to the center than I am.) Mind you, I still disagree. But as iron sharpens iron, so an opposing blogger sharpens another.
there would be liberal heads exploding and demands for the raaaaacist’s immediate resignation.
Wesley Snipes as Geordi in ST: TNG? Denise Crosby as Troi instead of Tasha Yar?
That’s unimaginable, even in a J.J. Abrams alternate universe.
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