Author: Cali Scribe

I wrote this poem this morning — it was in response to a woman who said she didn’t want to talk politics, she just wanted to bury her son: Let me bury my child, Tell me no platitudes of noble cause, of brotherhood,...

This Saturday marks the 3rd anniversary of what I fondly call the Debacle in the Desert — the invasion of Iraq. As was pointed out in Suskind’s excellent diary, as many military men and women have been killed in...

From CNN: The body of Tom Fox, a Christian peace advocate held hostage in Iraq, has been found, the U.S. State Department confirmed Friday. There was no word on three other men abducted with Fox. The FBI verified his identity...

[Guess this is “true confessions” week here at the Frog Pond…well, they do say that confession is good for the soul…] I’m ashamed of myself this morning. Last night, the spouse and I stopped at...

Here’s the place to dump all those items that don’t seem to warrant a full diary — or maybe they do and you just don’t have the inspiration…TELL US AGAIN ABOUT THE BOOMING ECONOMY, MR. PRESIDENT...