Photoblogging Polly’s Birthday Party

Polly’s birthday was almost two weeks ago, but she couldn’t get down to Tucson until this weekend.  Donna and Polly went shooting Saturday morning and afternoon; in the evening we had friends over for dinner and an impromptu party. Damn, Wog, forget your sun block? Mary Anne brought two cakes (sorry, Schatzi, no chocolate for […]

Paul’s DVD Reviews: 400 Channels & Nuthin’ to Watch

Downfall (2004) If you have even the slightest interest in WWII in Europe, Downfall is a must-see. Who isn’t fascinated by Hitler? I lived in Germany in the mid-1950s and the images are still with me: bombed out buildings, walls with bullet holes, kids my age with twisted legs from rickets, women everywhere, almost no […]

Paul’s Book Reviews: Page Turners & Midnight Oil Burners

Army of the Republic, by Stuart Archer Cohen For the past two years I’ve been seriously thinking about what American working people might do if the government allows employers to destroy labor unions and cancel pension obligations. I’ve been entertaining fantasies of assassination teams, composed of unemployed and retired auto workers, picking off high-profile CEOs […]