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Ghoul’s Glossary
Offshore account: Something that a gentleman creates, puts in his wife’s name, and carefully hides when he goes into politics because good breeding forbids him […]
Against War (George Washington Poster)
Real Patriotism is Recognizing the Cost for Vets of War (Jamiol Cartoon)
Courtesy Jamiol’s World
The Arab World’s Fourths of July
Young Americans followed the events of 2011 in the Arab world with great interest and remarkable sympathy, such that a real difference now shows up […]
Omar Khayyam (170) “For a hand … which always grips a wine glass”
For a hand like mine, which always grips a wine glass, it would be a shame to put scripture or a rosary in it. You’re […]
Dear ExxonMobil: This is What Global Warming Looks like
This summer is what global warming looks like: Increased average temperatures, forest fires, extreme weather episodes. Climate change is gradual and a matter of averages. […]
Syria Spirals down
The news out of Syria is bad and worse. The regime is being accused of widespread torture, and it is having to fight the rebels […]
On Dogmatism (Ambrose Bierce Poster)
Aphorisms: Outrage
When you see some politicians reacting with outrage to a new law, ask yourself which firms face a loss of profits from it.