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Time for a Shower (Before It’s Too Late)

From The Scrapbook.
August 2, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 43

The Scrapbook, like any patriotic American, always enjoys those European Union anecdotes that show up occasionally in the news: You know, the ones about the Italian-born bureaucrat in Brussels who fines a neighborhood butcher in Cornwall for not preparing Cornish hens according to EU specifications. Nothing like that would ever happen in these United States. 

Dancing with the Davos Stars

From the Scrapbook.
July 26, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 42

Behind many conspiracy theories, The Scrapbook has always suspected, lies a deep longing to believe that the ships of state are being captained by highly competent, ingenious people. Evil geniuses, to be sure, but geniuses nonetheless. 

The Coming Student Loan Debacle

From The Scrapbook.
July 19, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 41

The Scrapbook was not a huge fan of the federally subsidized student loan system that got replaced by the Obama administration and the Democratic Congress along with their takeover of the health care system earlier this year.

Death of a Terrorist

From the Scrapbook
July 5 - July 12, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 40

There was a very brief, one column/two-inch obituary in the Washington Post last week, which caught our attention: “Dwight Armstrong,” the headline read. And then the sub-headline: “Vietnam War Protester.” A slight chill went down the spine of The Scrapbook.

The Hubris of Attacking Krauthammer

From the Scrapbook.
June 28, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 39

Don’t Let the Door Hit You . . .

From the Scrapbook
June 21, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 38

 

Not to worry: The Scrapbook is not going to rehearse last week’s Helen “Tell Them to Get the Hell Out of Palestine” Thomas saga, since we assume our readers already know the details of Thomas’s suggestion that the Jews of Israel relocate en masse to Germany, Poland, or the United States. And her subsequent timely retirement as a Hearst columnist.

Property in the Balance

From the Scrapbook.
June 14, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 37

The Scrapbook has no official observation on last week’s surprise announcement that Al and Tipper Gore have separated after 40 years of marriage. Other than the obvious, of course: namely, that it is never good news when a marriage which has endured for four decades comes to an end by way of press release; and presumably, the Gores will be seeking a divorce. In which case, since their four children are grown, there will be some mutually agreed-upon division of assets and property before any final decree.

The Not-So-Greasy Pole

From the Scrapbook.
June 7, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 36

America’s most famous greasy pole is no more. When the plebes at the U.S. Naval Academy gathered on May 24 to mark the end of their grueling first year in Annapolis, they clambered up the 21-foot Herndon Monument almost without breaking a sweat, in two minutes and five seconds. 

Obama Politicizes Science!

From the Scrapbook.
May 31, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 35

The Thinness of His Skin

From the Scrapbook
May 24, 2010, Vol. 15, No. 34

 

President Obama is beginning to say reliably disconcerting things in public, from his offhand dismissals of longtime foreign allies to his recent assertion in Illinois: “I do think at a certain point that you’ve made enough money.” The Scrapbook would like to have listened in on the clarifying telephone call after that one between Obama and supporter/contributor Warren “$62 Billion and Counting” Buffett. 

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