http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/ She who stimulates or annoys by persistent criticism en-us Copyright 2005 Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:57:53 -0500 Sat, 29 Oct 2005 10:07:18 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.15 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I have been awestruck by the millions of people who honored the Pope as he lay dying and at his funeral. The litany of works he did for peace and justice, from his early priesthood days through his papacy, does... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/04/is_the_pope_cat.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/04/is_the_pope_cat.html Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:57:53 -0500 It goes without saying the parents of Terry Shiavo must be beyond grief. To learn that your daughter's feeding tube will be pulled and that she will die anytime within two weeks after its removal (which day will it be?)... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/03/roll_call_vote.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/03/roll_call_vote.html Sun, 20 Mar 2005 16:24:46 -0500 Really, what was he thinking? The Washington Post Style Editor reported that on the 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, our VP appeared in the front row of the ceremony in a Nordic ski parka, with fur-lined hood, lace-up... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/the_vp_has_no_p.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/the_vp_has_no_p.html Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:01:26 -0500 All represents to me a nation of meanness. On Inauguration Day, my sister and a couple of our friends, had a discussion about meanness. I thought I saw tears well up in my sister's eyes, evidently the victim of it... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/fur_bow_ties_ar.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/fur_bow_ties_ar.html Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:31:18 -0500 I read an ABC/Washington Post Poll this morning (not that I give much credence to polls, especially after the 2004 election, and certainly well before). But this one had to do with optimism in the new year. Personal optimism is... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/a_reason_make_t.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2005/01/a_reason_make_t.html Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:30:12 -0500 Today is Veterans Day. My dad was a Captain in the Army in WWII, and his brother also served, both stationed in England. My dad saw Saving Private Ryan when it came out in 1998, and urged his children to... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/veterans_day_vi.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/veterans_day_vi.html Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:01:01 -0500 I could relate to Maureen Dowd's Sunday, November 7th, NYT column about looking forward to the "New Frontier" when JFK was elected. On election day, I was as excited as she must have been back then, so sure was I... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/involuntary_dra.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/involuntary_dra.html Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:42:54 -0500 Okay, I cried during Kerry's "concession" speech, and now it is time for me to spew. To all of those who believe that the war in Iraq is justified, I can only recommend you get a copy of the McNamara... http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/its_been_a_toug.html http://www.gadflygirl.org/mt-web/national/archive/2004/11/its_been_a_toug.html Thu, 04 Nov 2004 21:06:38 -0500