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Bear with me if I get a little like a dog chewing on a bone about this subject, but if I had a craw one of the things that would stick in it would be the 'CRA led to the mortgage meltdown' nonsense that was the subject of one of last week's posts. Although this theory has been disproved eight ways to Sunday, there are still a few who hang on to it. One of...

I could tell from my son's last letter that he was back in the Valley of Homesick again. This may be occurring about every 3-4 weeks. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the exhaustion he's probably feeling from the long days, odd hours, total lack of control over his own life, and dearth of female companionship. That would be military life.Family Day is coming up, but I won't be able to make...

Rick Reilly of ESPN gave a speech at a convocation for a journalism school and spouted off comments that all bloggers should be interested in. Essentially, he said that we are saps if we write for free. However, I'll let you decide for yourself."When you get out there, all I ask is that you: DON'T WRITE FOR FREE! Nobody asks strippers to strip for free, doctors to doctor for free or professors to profess for...

My soldier had his first "sick call" last week. I'd gotten a letter from him saying he felt like he was swallowing razorblades, and something was going around the barracks because several of the guys in his battalion had been sick previously. I'm guessing he was missing Dr. Mom at some point as I don't imagine his DS was quite as sympathetic as I might have been. The dichotomy may have been something like this:...

I received a 3-page letter this time. 3 pages, albeit small ones. Other than a required paper for college, I'm sure that's the most my son has ever written in one sitting. I know that as of the first two weeks he was in, I had already received more letters from him than I had in the preceding almost-21 years. You may not be surprised to learn, however, that this is a young man who...

No call or letter this week, but I'm not surprised. He's on base now, ACUs and all, so I'm sure he's getting used to the pleasure of having a drill sergeant.  I decided to fill my time during this anticipated communication lull with research. I knew he would be going through a lot in training, but it's rather amazing when you delve into it. The wash-out rate for 18x is somewhere around 75-80%, so if...

So I got through my first week as a soldier's mom. Let me tell you, it wasn't easy and he hasn't even been deployed anywhere. I held it together last weekend before he went away to "Uncle Sam's Extended Summer Camp" even though SF troops were killed just being transported from Point A to Point B. I can actually imagine what those families are going through. I watched my parents deal with the loss...

Today marks the start of a new weekly (Tuesday) blog series for me that I hope you will find of interest. My plan is to keep it going until my son comes home, hence the title. I truly hope that at some point my blog might find its way to any of our elected representatives. I anticipate that there will be times when I will be rather raw in my feelings, and a little dose...

In the immediate aftermath of the shootings in Tucson this past Saturday, before any evidence had been uncovered as to what made Jared Loughner do what he did, and when it was still unclear as to whether or not incendiary political rhetoric played any part, Republicans rushed to microphones everywhere to try and distance themselves from any culpability with the "both sides do it" defense. A few opinions of others on this false equivalent and...

The right-wing blogosphere is frothing at the mouth this morning over the outcome of the civilian trial of Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani yesterday. Ghailani was acquitted on all but one of the 280 charges of conspiracy and murder brought against him in relation to the 1998 bombings of U.S. Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.Pamela Geller called it, "another breathtaking Obama failure, yet again putting Americans and national security at risk."Hugh Hewitt said of those who were...