I know there’s a thought in there somewhere—complex and really significant—if we only try hard enough to find it: You undoubtedly ensure it is seem to be very easy along with your display nonetheless to seek out this condition for … Continue reading →
Is Evan McMullin a 3rd-party candidate or a 53rd-party candidate? I’ve often said I think a 3rd-party candidate or an independent candidate has a chance this year because of widespread dissatisfaction with the other two. But I’ve never thought it … Continue reading →
There’s a trend I’ve noticed in the comments section here and also in some of the emails I’ve been getting: quite a few people admonishing me that I should shut up like a good apparatchik and take one for the … Continue reading →
Edward FitzGerald’s translation of “The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam” is justly famous and justly beloved. I studied the poem in high school, and it was one of my favorite assignments—really, a revelation. But FitzGerald was very free with his translation, … Continue reading →
Commenter “T” recently offered a quote by Jonathan Rauch that goes like this: What we are seeing is not a temporary spasm of chaos but a chaos syndrome. Chaos syndrome is a chronic decline in the political system’s capacity for … Continue reading →
In Shelby Steele’s Shame: How America’s Past Sins Have Polarized Our Country, he writes: …[A]ll these victim-focused identities are premised on a belief in the characterological evil of American and the entire Western world. This broad assumption is the idea … Continue reading →
Worth reading: Though the internecine conflicts wracking the Arab world ensure the war against the Islamic State is hardly a war on Islam, the jihadis are bent on a clash of civilizations. And by martyring French Catholics who are Old … Continue reading →
I don’t know the answer to the question I posed above. I just know that I’ve been pondering it more and more lately. So I thought it would be a good topic for discussion [ducks; gets out of way of … Continue reading →
I’d never heard of it before last night, but when I was idly going from TV station to TV station trying to find something interesting or at least mildly entertaining, I came across a report on Bigorexia. Ah, people and … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s comments section, Geoffrey Britain offered this quote from the ever-admirable Thomas Sowell: Voting for an out of control egomaniac like Donald Trump would be like playing Russian Roulette with the future of this country. Voting for someone with … Continue reading →
A woman was killed and five others (two women, three men) injured in a stabbing attack in London’s Russell Square: [Officials] called the incident a “random attack” with mental health issues at the heart of it. Assistant Commissioner Mark Rowley, … Continue reading →
Commenter “Cornhead” reports from Omaha on a joint Warren Buffett-Hillary Clinton appearance. Cornhead has been intrepid this campaign year in attending appearances and rallies by just about every candidate and reporting on the proceedings.
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