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… 2 October 2007 18:15 In 1969 playwright and essayist Václav Havel wrote a letter to Alexander Dubček,First Secretary of the Central Committee of Czechoslovakia. Dubček,a reformer,had earned the displeasure of Eastern Europe’s Soviet overlords the previous year by instituting a modest platform of reforms,including recognition of individual liberties –freedom of speech,movement,Read on… 17 September 2007 08:30 In years past the term “maverick”was ascribed to Sen. John McCain of Arizona for his willingness to break ranks with fellow Republicans,cross the aisle,and vote with the opposition on issues such as gun control and financial/taxation legislation. Though McCain has a historically strong conservative voting record (82.3% lifetime rating from the American 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 |
Let the Train Blow the Whistle When I Go –A Farewell to Chuck Hagel
In years past the term “maverick”was ascribed to Sen. John McCain of Arizona for his willingness to break ranks with fellow Republicans,cross the aisle,and vote with the opposition on issues such as gun control and financial/taxation legislation. Though McCain has a historically strong conservative voting record (82.3% lifetime rating from the American Read on…