car·riage re·turnn. the lever or mechanism on a typewriter that would cause the cylinder on which the paper was held (the carriage) to return to the left margin of the page | 7 April 2011 12:23 Photo courtesy the United States Marine Corps. Reused with attribution in compliance with Creative Commons. Consider the following for a moment: You are a military spouse. While your husband/wife is on the other side of the world,you remain behind,raising your children,paying your mortgage or rent,car notes,etc. You Read on… 6 July 2009 22:39 One of the world’s most deplorable (and unfortunately,untried) war criminals,former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara,died in the early hours of the morning today,aged 93 years. McNamara’s New York Times’obituary names him “the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century,”a fitting epithet for Read on… 21 November 2008 08:00 The Contenders - Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE,1997-present):President,McCarthy and Company (1991-1996);President and CEO of United Service Organizations (1987-1990);Deputy Director/Chief Operating Officer,Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations (1990);Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs (1981-1982);Sergeant,2nd Battalion (Mechanized),47th Infantry Regiment,9th Infantry Division,IV Corps,Vietnam,United Read on… 19 December 2007 19:00 Tim’s taking the rest of the week off,so I’m going to try to fill in for him a bit. It’s finals week for me here in Madison,which means I’m not going to go link crazy,but I thought I’d at least keep the chair warm for Tim until he’s back. Time Magazine Read on… 22 October 2007 07:47 I came to the most disconcerting realization this weekend,one I will share with you in a paragraph or two. First,some brief context: I’m against the war in Iraq. I recently joined the IVAW after many months of deliberation. As a member of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR),it’s not a decision Read on… | Objective"So much for Objective Journalism. Don’t bother to look for it here -- not under any byline of mine;or anyone else I can think of. With the possible exception of things like box scores,race results,and stock market tabulations,there is no such thing as Objective Journalism. The phrase itself is a pompous contradiction in terms." --Hunter S. Thompson |
Good riddance:the death of a war criminal
One of the world’s most deplorable (and unfortunately,untried) war criminals,former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara,died in the early hours of the morning today,aged 93 years. McNamara’s New York Times’obituary names him “the most influential defense secretary of the 20th century,”a fitting epithet for Read on…