Author Archives: Kathy Kinsley

Veterans Day

Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye.Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg — … Continue reading

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September 11, 2011

No, I haven’t forgotten. Nor shall I. But I’m not watching most of the maudlin coverage. We were attacked, it was an act of war, albeit by “non-state actors” – it wasn’t a tragedy, it was a deliberate act of … Continue reading

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Insty keeps quoting this, and he’s right to do so.

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded — here and there, now and then — are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always … Continue reading

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Memorial Day

In Flanders Fields. In Flanders field the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place; and in the skyThe larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw … Continue reading

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Ding, dong, the witch is dead

Yes, some things will bring me back to stick up a post. Osama bin Laden is confirmed dead. About time.

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Happy New Year

I wish you all a happy, prosperous, and free New Year.

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