The mandorla (Italian for almond) represents both the intersection of two circles and the irruption of the sacred into the profane.Of course, chocolate is ecumenical:

to answer the phone at 3 a.m. as opposed to Changey Doofus or Temperamental Bitch, validating pundits who insisted Hillary had mad a McCain ad. Before Hillary Clinton was declared the winner in Texas, most American voters had read, seen, or heard about her 3:00 a.m. telephone commercial. A Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 43% had seen at least part of the commercial which was played incessantly on

Yesterday evening I wasn’t able to hang out here very much, and while I was away we had some comments by Dr. Ric to the effect that I don’t seem to care very much about anti-Catholic bigotry, considering what a homophobe I am, and that the only reason we make mock of Greenwald here is that we are jealous much. Let me take up the last bit first: Dancing with the

Now I’ve heard everything: I am a moron and incredibly inept [with] women but I do actually understand them (it’s a gift; and a curse)    AoS: Vagina Friendly Blog? Ace among the “nonline”: in like Flynn Nagin?

By now, many of you may have already seen the ABC News report: In a new interview with National Journal magazine, an intelligence adviser to Barack Obama’s presidential campaign broke with his candidate’s position opposing retroactive legal protection for telecommunications companies being sued for cooperating with a dubious U.S. government domestic surveillance program. *** “I do believe strongly that (telecoms) should be granted that immunity,” former CIA official John Brennan

One of the recurring themes in my guest posts (and comments) is that bloggers and commenters should always keep in mind that they are like “high information” voters and that others simply do not pay as much attention as we do to politics and policy.  This is not elitism speaking.  Rather, it is a recognition that other people have other pressing priorities in their lives. Accordingly, I recommend Josh Marshall’s piece

Child Blue Patriotic Cheerleader Costume on Messrs. Greenwald, Ellensburg, Ellers and Wilson Go To Washington [Karl] How would a patriot act?