Homeowner Richard Osborne-Brooks, 78, grappled with and then stabbed an intruder who entered his home in the middle of the night: The pensioner, named locally as Richard Osborn-Brooks, was upstairs asleep with his wife when he was woken by the … Continue reading →
And who better to do it? I initially thought that any advice Rather could give on the topic would be utterly ridiculous, given his history. But actually, his advice isn’t half bad. Is it possible he’s learned something in the … Continue reading →
…that this seat is ripe for Republican pickup. Trump won West Virginia in 2016 by over 40 points, and yet it has a Democrat-lite senator name of Joe Manchin, who is up for re-election this November. Of course, nothing is … Continue reading →
Frost again: The sun was warm but the wind was chill. You know how it is with an April day When the sun is out and the wind is still, You’re one month on in the middle of May. But … Continue reading →
I had postponed writing about the large caravan of Central Americans (mainly Hondurans, apparently) marching northward through Mexico towards the US border with the plan of entering this country illegally and en masse in order to overwhelm US border officials. … Continue reading →
In all the recent flurry here on the blog about the 3-day crash and then my efforts to locate a developer to help me with the transition to the new site, I forget something very important—to once again offer my … Continue reading →
About two years ago I wrote a post about how many blog post drafts I was hoarding. Post-hoarding is a strange phenomenon I seem prone to, and this was my description back then: I didn’t see this coming – it … Continue reading →
…evaluates Democratic strategy for the 2018 midterms.
Continue reading →As this article relates [hat tip: Powerline]: …[U]ndergraduates…vote with their feet. If an English department’s chairman tells the dean, “We’ve got to hire someone in this new area of ____,” the dean replies, “But you can’t even get your existing … Continue reading →
A great many people know that earth has a North and South pole, and that the poles are not just geographic but magnetic as well. Fewer (but probably still a great many) are aware that the geographic and magnetic poles … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repost from Easters past. But it still works for me.] Happy Easter to all my celebratory Christian readers, and to all those who just enjoy the holiday as well! One year when my son was little, … Continue reading →
Muslim anti-Semitism, that is. And it even is occurring at the kindergarten level. I wonder: How many Jews are there in Germany these days? This 15-year-old article (2003) reports that, back then, there were about 150,000, most of them emigrants … Continue reading →