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September 17, 2007

I’m old enough to be a mother to all three, but this “old head” was rocking out last night/this morning at the Hanson concert with the teens and twentysomethings. I’m writing a concert review, a companion to this piece, and the brothers were kind enough to answer a few of my journalist-fangirl questions backstage after [...]

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Debates, Comical and Sublime

June 28, 2007

Friday, June 29: Ego-related update — An attractive black reporter for Newsweek introduced himself to me last night, having recognized me from the bio page photo. It’s good to be reminded that not every black liberal hates me. Have a restful weekend. ——————————————— 6/28 & 12:39 a.m.: Just a couple of notes before I crash. [...]

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Blogging and Partying with CNN

November 7, 2006

Wednesday, November 8 @ 12:00 p.m.: I hope you conservatives didn’t spend the morning crying in your porridge. If anyone deserves to cry, it’s me. I stayed up too late last night and was reminded why I gave up drinking. I feel hung over (I’m usually in bed before 10:00 p.m. because I get up [...]

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GodBlogCon: Wrap-Up

November 3, 2006

Update (5:02 p.m.): I really could get used to this blogging stuff. Tomorrow I’m speaking on a panel about how blogging has affected the news business. The Leadership Institute invited a New York Times reporter to talk about it from the mainstream media perspective, and two other bloggers and myself will discuss the topic as [...]

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McWhorter, Connerly, and Company

July 26, 2006

If I had my laptop with me, I’d live-blog this event. See Moral Reconstruction post below. But I’m on the Treo. Blogging this is difficult. One cool thing so far: John M. called my name before I approached him. He remembered meeting me two years ago and knows my work. Update (6:20 p.m.): Great event. [...]

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May 5, 1967

May 5, 2006

Monday, May 8: Thanks so much for the birthday wishes! I’ll update this blog sometime today. What shall I blog about? Illegal immigration? The drug-addicted and alcoholic Patrick Kennedy? Yeah, I’ll tell you my “Kennedy story.” ———————————————————– Full of flaws, yet so divine, La Shawn Barber is…39! Lordy, lordy…she’s almost 40!!! Important before-I-turn-40 goal: A [...]

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CPAC: Pickering, Entitlement, Immigration, Etc.

February 11, 2006

***Monday, February 13 — Scroll down for updates*** Looking for the “podcast?” Download the MP3 at Captain’s Quarters. —————————————————————————- Third and final day of CPAC. I asked Judge Charles Pickering (pictured) his opinion of blogs. (See Judicial battles stem from culture war) Blogging is citizen participation, which is good, and blogging is a lot like [...]

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CPAC: Endangered Species, Bloggers, Etc.

February 10, 2006

Update (2/11): Follow the link for today’s CPAC post. —————————————————————————— I’m coming to you live from CPAC. I met a member of an endangered species: a single, straight, black, socially conservative, Christian man (and he reads my blog – excellent). Did I mention that he was single? I couldn’t resist uploading this boring vanity shot, [...]

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Justice Sunday III

January 8, 2006

12:38 p.m.: Former Philadelphia Eagle Herbert Lusk is preaching against child murder, something the church is definitely supposed to do. They all need to shout it from the proverbial rooftops. But some Christians, unbelievably, support a woman’s “right” to have her unborn baby slaughtered in the womb. Rev. Lusk said someone broke into the church [...]

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Open Source Media: Start Spreading the News

November 16, 2005

Sunday, November 20, 2005: FYI, the commenting and trackbacking features on this post have been disabled since yesterday. If you sent a trackback today and it didn’t appear, that is the reason. Rumors of trackback deleting on LBC are greatly exaggerated. Get a life, bloggers. ————————————————————————————— I’ll update this post with news and views (and [...]

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Hugh Hewitt Live

October 14, 2005

5:55 p.m. (PT): Hugh Hewitt broadcast his show live from Biola University, and it was standing-room only. He interviewed a number of attendees, and I was supposed to be one of them. But I missed my queue. I was being interviewed by someone else at the time, so I’m only a little upset. Lots of [...]

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Christian Bloggers, Men and Women, Baptists and Presbyterians

October 14, 2005

2:00 p.m. (PT) Putting aside substance for a minute, let’s talk about form. Stacy Harp asked a question about the prevalence of male bloggers in the blogosphere generally and the evangelical Christian side specifically. Stacy also blogs at the Christian Persecution Blog. Her question emboldened someone to ask why the main discussion panel was comprised [...]

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Live-Blogging GodBlogCon

October 14, 2005

9:20 a.m. (PT) — I know LBC readers like/love my political rants, but today I’m avoiding it as if my life depends on. GodBlogCon (check for updates) is about Christian bloggers talking about blogging as Christians, most of whom happen to be politically conservative. It shouldn’t matter, but it does. This morning we’re listening to [...]

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Vanguard

October 12, 2005

Monday, October 22: See my review of Joseph Phillips’s book, He Talk Like A White Boy. ——————————————————— Previous post: Reclaiming Our Destiny No, no, no, Joseph! Porky Pig stutters, not Elmer Fudd! I won’t give a play-by-play of the discussion, but I’ll make a few comments. The program could have gone on for several days. [...]

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The Blogging Panel was…

August 1, 2005

…fabulous! I’ll update this post tomorrow with highlights and photos. Update (8/2): (Left to right: Scott Johnson, Alex Mooney, and Mark Tapscott) Mark Tapscott, Scott Johnson, and I were invited to Young America’s Foundation’s 27th Annual National Conservative Student Conference to discuss how blogging is changing America, moderated by Alex Mooney. Mark is a journalist [...]

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