So, Prince George wore this white robe for his audience with President Obama: Cute kid, cute photo. The robe—like almost everything else in Prince George’s much-photographed wardrobe (or that of his fashionable mother, for that matter)—sold out in minutes. Talk … Continue reading →
From one of Van Gogh’s letters to his beloved brother Theo: What am I in the eyes of most people – a nonentity, an eccentric or an unpleasant person – somebody who has no position in society and never will … Continue reading →
…why is Kasich still running? The question isn’t all that interesting or mysterious to me, because I figure it’s ego, and/or he aims to help or hurt Trump or Cruz (take your pick), and/or he somehow sees this as leading … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan writes: Have you had your 2016 Moment? I think you probably have, or will. The Moment is that sliver of time in which you fully realize something epochal is happening in politics, that there has never been a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited repeat of a previous post.] This evening is the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. In recent years whenever I’ve attended a Seder, I’ve been impressed by the fact that Passover is a religious … Continue reading →
This is depressing news: Suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years, a federal data analysis has found, with increases in every age group except older adults. The rise was particularly steep for … Continue reading →
I can’t say I know much about Prince’s music except that he was mega-famous and a tremendous number of people loved his work. I know the song “Purple Rain” and very little else. However, the reports about his cause of … Continue reading →
From a commenter at Ace’s, saying he preferred Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump for the following reason: I prefer a wolf to a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I’m not sure which I’d prefer—wolves are wolves, after all—but I understand the … Continue reading →
The hype on Ted Cruz is that nobody likes him, everybody hates him, he has no friends. The hype on Republicans is that they’re racist bigots. Here’s a story that could kill (or at least slightly injure) those two birds … Continue reading →
I concur with this prediction: There will be no liberation of Mosul in 2016. The Islamic State will outlive the U.S. administration whose lapses in Syria and Iraq helped to create it. It will be the ugliest piece of Barack … Continue reading →
The state of Indiana has a primary on May 3, and most analysts feel it will be pivotal in terms of the GOP nomination (and Ted Cruz knows it). But all that speculation about which way the state will go … Continue reading →
And dinner too. For real. [NOTE: If you don’t get the reference in the title of this post, see this, although I most definitely do not recommend the book, unless you want to wade through some incoherent but highly-praised depravity.]
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