LINES FROM THE PRINCESS BRIDE THAT DOUBLE AS COMMENTS ON FRESHMAN COMPOSITION PAPERS. BY JENNIFER SIMONSON

“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” “At a time like this that’s all you can think to say?” “Nonsense. You’re only saying that because no one ever has.” “I don’t think I’m quite familiar with that phrase.” “I would not say such things if I …

Clinton: Syrian Opposition Will ‘Somehow’ Fight Back (aka Hope IS a strategy)

Washington Post February 24, 2012 Pg. 9 By Karen DeYoung LONDON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday that Syrian opposition forces will become “increasingly capable” of carrying out offensive operations against the government of President Bashar al-Assad. “They will, from somewhere, somehow, find the means to defend themselves, as well as begin …

The Reality of American Power: Why Robert Kagan Is Wrong by Leon T. Hadar

As a life-long hypochondriac, I was laughing out loud when reading the tragic-comic inscription on the tombstone located in the cemetery in Key West, Florida: 'I Told You I Was Sick!' I could imagine the poor guy confronting family and friends and insisting to no avail that what he had was more than just the …

Happy Birthday President Washington: DeMarco Banter

TODAY:  Let us not forget...We celebrate Presidents Day:  or Washington's Birthday, a federal holiday honoring George Washington which was originally implemented by an Act of Congress in 1879 for government offices in the District of Columbia and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, …