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Red State Diaries: Government takeover of incrementalism

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Government takeover of incrementalism. If the Soviet tanks rolling through the streets haven't crushed your car in the week since President Obama signed health care reform into law. There's a reason for that: They don't exist. In the last few days, we've heard no reports of elderly citizens sent to their graves by death panels. We've seen no political dissenters shipped to FEMA camps. For those whose hearts were set on a Canadian-styl...

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Red State Diaries: Not broke, but broken

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Not broke, but broken. I fell in love with Alabama for good that day, and it breaks my heart to know that children today may not have a chance at the same experience. Were a child to take a weekend trip to the State Archives today, he wouldn't be in for an afternoon of wide-eyed discovery about his home state. Instead, he likely would be greeted by a "Closed" sign. As I said last month, budget cuts aren't abstract. We're well beyond wa...

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Red State Diaries: Beyond the lost horizon

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Tuesday, November 30, 2010. Beyond the lost horizon. President Obama came to office pledging a new era of compromise and bipartisanship in our nation's capital. It's a tonal change that we still need, and it was one of the reasons (a minor one, but still a reason) that a slightly more naive version of me supported him for the White House. Two years ago. Obama did his best to make good on that promise, compromising upfront. And as emergency unemployment benefits...

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Red State Diaries: So much for the year of pretending

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Friday, December 31, 2010. So much for the year of pretending. It was all going to be different, you see. The new law that made modest but important improvements to the nation's health insurance system. And other things that are neither the same nor true. Instead of using that money to pay down the very deficit that is supposedly the nation's foremost problem. The emergence of Artur Davis and Bradley Byrne as Alabama's leading gubernatorial contenders. Between ...

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Red State Diaries: After the monsters are gone

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Saturday, April 30, 2011. After the monsters are gone. The roar of a monster tornado is the cruelest, most inhuman sound on earth. Many who have heard it have compared it to a freight train or a jet engine, but that's not quite right. Freight trains and jet engines are man-made devices that follow certain rules, that tend to do predictable things in predictable ways, that can be comprehended in the slightest. Just how shattering that day was. During a visit to ...

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Red State Diaries: We really can be good at everything

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Politics and sports with a Southern accent. Tuesday, August 31, 2010. We really can be good at everything. The first time I got the feeling was when we rushed 11. It was the 1993 Sugar Bowl. I watched the game with a growing sense of euphoria throughout. But the moment that still stands out above all others - above the memory of George Teague high-stepping into the end zone with a pick-six, above even the legendary image of Teague chasing down Miami speedster Lamar Thomas. That success didn't happen by a...

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hatched: 7 Essential Skills You Need for a DIY Remodel

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A writer's blog about ideas (not all of them good). Thursday, January 27, 2011. 7 Essential Skills You Need for a DIY Remodel. 1 A champagne budget, and beer tastes. If you have loads of money and you're good at making inexpensive materials look like a million bucks, then you will go far in your home remodel. If, like me, you can make a $4000 granite countertop look like it was installed by blind one-armed monkeys, you probably should just rent. 3 The ability to negotiate for a better deal. I painted our...

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hatched: March 2012

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A writer's blog about ideas (not all of them good). Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Get on your bikes and ride! He said I could. Then he let go. For a moment I had a rush of euphoria, this is what freedom feels like! Then I crashed headlong into the thorniest rose bush in the yard. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Birmingham, AL, United States. View my complete profile. Hyperbole and a Half. The Writing of Laurel Mills. Wine and Cheese, Please. Get on your bikes and ride!

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hatched: August 2010

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A writer's blog about ideas (not all of them good). Wednesday, August 11, 2010. When I got home from running errands today, there was a huge plant under my carport. It was a painted lady hibiscus, a big, lush plant with glossy leaves and gorgeous blooms. I assumed it was a gift from my mother-in-law, who is gifted with plants and probably thought I'd enjoy the showy flowers. Then I saw the card tucked between the lower branches. We shook hands as I left and he apologized again. It was a nice chat. I'm a ...

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hatched: January 2010

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A writer's blog about ideas (not all of them good). Monday, January 25, 2010. The Year of Doing Stuff isn't going so well. Previously on hatched: The Year of Doing Stuff. I'm bummed about it, but fortunately the Hoover Public Library is well-stocked with Spanish language instructional CDs. Just the thought of bowling fills me with ennui. Maybe it's just January, but I am not interested in doing much of anything lately, besides eating, sleeping and thinking about eating. I put my running shoes on ...As fo...