You can't choose the ways in which you'll be tested.
Robert J. Sawyer
Earlier One Off Post: Jackass of the Year 2012
Heartbreaking Facts of the Day
In 1960, just 11 percent of American children lived in homes without fathers.Fifteen million U.S. children, or 1 in 3, live without a father, and nearly 5 million live without a mother.Nicholas D. Kristof, "Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy":
Thumbs UP!
A social liberal columnist finally understands the morally corruptible nature of certain social policies:
Parents here in Appalachian hill country pulling their children out of literacy classes. Many people in hillside mobile homes here are poor and desperate, and a $698 monthly check per child from the Supplemental Security Income program goes a long way. Antipoverty programs also discourage marriage: In a means-tested program like S.S.I., a woman raising a child may receive a bigger check if she refrains from marrying that hard-working guy she likes. Some young people here don’t join the military (a traditional escape route for poor, rural Americans) because it’s easier to rely on food stamps and disability payments.A Prayer for GHW Bush
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Nanny of the Year
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1.8 Cents For Your Thoughts
And it costs only one penny more (a dime) to make a quarter than a nickel. Only the government could run an operation like this.
Political Humor
Don't tell me words don't matter. Quick, Mr. Obama: name 5 allies that aren't particularly close, strong or which fight below their weight class (like, say, the US and Grenada)
Musical Interlude: Christmas Retrospective
Vienna Boys Choir, Little Town of Bethlehem
