"I am refusing to disclose these memos because I believe it is essential to the operation of the executive branch that the president have the opportunity to get information from (his) attorney general that is confidential,'' Ashcroft declared ( Read more... )

Partial transcript of a conversation I just had on the phone at work:

Client:  "Hi, my fiance has an appointment today with Mr. Meehan and he was told to bring in a couple of documents.  I don't remember what they were -- can you tell me?"

Me:  "Um . . . I don't know.  What type of case is it?"

Client:  "Divorce."

There was a very interesting article on my Yahoo news page today about how President Eisenhower, after the launch of Sputnik, made some contingency appointments of civilians to posts in the government in the event of a catastrophe. For instance, the vice president of one of the network news agencies would be in charge of wartime censorship, ( Read more... )

Believe it or not, that's a real community David found someplace on the web. I thought it an appropriate assessment on the state of Christianity today -- fattening, filling, momentarily satisfying and not all that good for you.

But that's speaking from outside the community, of course.