Heller

So, I guess it's the week for it. Seeing the Catch 22 in the current situation in Iraq.

Vonnegut

He's still making sense out of the senseless, absurd, and tragic.

"We’re spreading democracy, are we? Same way European explorers brought Christianity to the Indians, what we now call 'Native Americans.'

How ungrateful they were! How ungrateful are the people of Baghdad today."

Read all of Cold Turkey.

"The shamelessness of George W. Bush is matched only by his contempt for the intelligence of the American people." See these and lots of other good quotes from professor types analyzing Bush's speech last night: Salon.com News | Marching off the cliff

Also, both a great example of passive voice from Bush's speech last night: "Mistakes were made" - I'm using that one in class.

Also, what's up with the fact that Bush can't even pronounce Abu Ghraib? Has he not heard the word a million times in the past few weeks?

The meaning of compassion

On Bush's election web site, there is a tab called "Compassion" - now what do you find when you click on the Compassion tab. Well, check out the photo gallery.

See if you can see a theme of what it means to be compassionate.

Spring is in the air

The signs are all around. It's time to bury the dead .