Kim Gilbert

Language is an ever-evolving communication tool, an abstract and symbolic system which sets us apart from other cultures.   I’m glad that our complex and interesting language continues to grow–in spite of a near-universal fascination with 140-character Twitter messages. There are some ‘evolutions’ that I could do without, however. I don’t favor the lightning-quick appropriation (or …

The Meaning of Forgiveness Read More »

…for those Star Wars fans and American Patriots out there… H/T Washington Post

H/T Wall Street Journal PS:  “Financial Industry” = Wall Street.  Yikes.

What for, you ask?  Well, according to a Clinton former staffer and creator of a new online forum called #Hillarymen, liberal dudes need a comfortable, safe spot for them to “openly support a female candidate” and “identify and fight back against sexism in the 2016 race.” You read that right. 

  H/T iotwreport.com

At least she is being forthright in this case, if nowhere else. I just wish that some of our Republican elected officials who are up for reelection would take note and follow suit. Then maybe this perennial idea—held by many elected Republicans–of “working across the aisle” will finally DIE. Just one example: in Kelly Ayotte’s …

I’m okay with Hillary Clinton identifying Republicans as her “enemy”. Read More »

Juliette Kayyem, CNN’s national security analyst and former Assistant Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security, is really, really upset that the U.S. does not have an Ambassador to Mexico during “our time of need” which, in her mind, is the arrival of Hurricane Patricia in Mexico. Apparently, we are greatly disadvantaged by not having …

“So where Mexico goes, so do we.” Read More »

H/T:  American Thinker

It’s been reported today that Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign is implementing budgetary and staffing cutbacks, mostly in response to his donors’ increasingly urgent concerns about Jeb’s poor showing at the polls. Jeb’s donors are rightly concerned; no amount of advertising seems to yield any lift in his standings amongst the Republican candidates. But that doesn’t …

We’re making campaign staffing cuts, but it’s from a “position of strength” Read More »