This old Haus
@thisoldhaus.bsky.social
Retired newspaper guy. History, politics, and legal-news nerd. I am perpetually awaiting a rebirth of serotonin.
Rally at Bernie's
December 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Rally at Bernie's
That song wrecked me the year my wife died ("through the years we all will be together/if the fates allow"). I'm happily remarried 20 years now, but that line still stings.
December 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
That song wrecked me the year my wife died ("through the years we all will be together/if the fates allow"). I'm happily remarried 20 years now, but that line still stings.
He sounds worried.
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 AM
He sounds worried.
Stop, you're both right (as the old Doublemint ads used to say).
December 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Stop, you're both right (as the old Doublemint ads used to say).
The only memorable midterm motto was the Republicans' from 1946: "Had enough?" It worked then, I thought it would have been good for 2018, and I think so again now.
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The only memorable midterm motto was the Republicans' from 1946: "Had enough?" It worked then, I thought it would have been good for 2018, and I think so again now.
Sexagenarian: it's not as good as it sounds.
November 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Sexagenarian: it's not as good as it sounds.
I never fully acclimated to AP style’s “pleaded” in my years covering courts, though I conformed. Every lawyer I knew said “pled.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I never fully acclimated to AP style’s “pleaded” in my years covering courts, though I conformed. Every lawyer I knew said “pled.”
Gives new meaning to “face plant”
November 30, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Gives new meaning to “face plant”
(fly emerges from mouth)
November 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
(fly emerges from mouth)
Oh, for a Ceausescu balcony scene…
November 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Oh, for a Ceausescu balcony scene…
Vandelay Architects
November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Vandelay Architects
Tdementia is getting tplainer and tplainer
November 26, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Tdementia is getting tplainer and tplainer
? The New York Times endorsed Harris in an editorial headlined “The Only Patriotic Choice for President.” It ran Sept. 30, 2024.
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
? The New York Times endorsed Harris in an editorial headlined “The Only Patriotic Choice for President.” It ran Sept. 30, 2024.
If the coup was licked
You must convict
You must convict
November 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
If the coup was licked
You must convict
You must convict
The parody writes itself.
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The parody writes itself.
War is peace. Slavery is freedom. Inflation is lower prices.
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
War is peace. Slavery is freedom. Inflation is lower prices.