The new blog site: an unveiling
[BUMPED UP: For a few days, I plan to bump this post up. Scroll down for new posts.] UPDATE: In accord with a few suggestions and my own perceptions, I made the font of the new site a bit bigger … Continue reading →
Yearly Archives: 2018
Shoes for neo
Don’t you think they’re perfect? But how do you get your foot in them when the apple’s already there? [NOTE: In case you’re not familiar with the reference, see this. See also this.] [NOTE II: By the way, for reasons … Continue reading →
More McCarthy: what did Comey tell Trump?
I keep linking to Andrew C. McCarthy, but that’s because this former prosecutor has been the best at covering the Russia collusion/Fusion story. His latest is no exception. It’s entitled “What Did Comey Tell President Trump about the Steele Dossier?” … Continue reading →
The partisan divide: these charts may not say it all…
…but they say a lot. They’re from an article by David French in National Review entitled “How Progressive Radicals Move the Country Left, and Right”: Election results are decided in that gray middle, by the way, which is getting smaller … Continue reading →
I don’t think this guy has much cause for intellectual pride about being a high-level thinker
But then again, people are very strange. This is what it’s come to: Last month, a teacher at El Rancho High School in Pico Rivera, Calif., was captured on video telling his history class that members of the military are … Continue reading →
School shooting in Florida: 17 dead
Another terrible act of violence, this time at a high school in Parkland, Florida. Today’s shooter did not kill himself, however. He’s now in police custody: The shooting suspect was identified as Nikolaus Cruz, a U.S. official told The Associated … Continue reading →
Love among the finches
Of course, I’m not sure it’s appropriate to call it “love,” but on Valentine’s Day what else can I call it? Nature is absolutely extraordinary: Dr. Woolley’s lab has been looking into the acoustic systems of zebra, bengalese and long-tailed … Continue reading →
Happy Funny Valentine’s Day!
Four sterling singers.
Continue reading →The new news normal
Ben Shapiro writes about news coverage these days: You’ve heard the phrase over and over again: “This isn’t normal.” We’ve heard it about President Trump’s rhetoric, and his Twitter usage. We’ve heard it about his attacks on the media, and … Continue reading →
Andrew C. McCarthy’s latest: Why did Flynn plead guilty?
Andrew C. McCarthy on “The Curious Michael Flynn Guilty Plea”. Well worth reading, as usual. Also please see this from Byron York on the same subject.
Continue reading →Our Anglo-American legal system
CNN reports: Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday brought up sheriffs’ “Anglo-American heritage” during remarks to law enforcement officials in Washington. “I want to thank every sheriff in America. Since our founding, the independently elected sheriff has been the people’s … Continue reading →
Social scientists disagree…
…on the effect of single motherhood. Statistics are tremendously manipulable, depending on what you want to say.
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