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I know that movies made from true stories are not the same as documentaries …
… but it has long annoyed me when such movies play fast and loose with the truth, especially when the additions are not improvements – which is often the case. Last night I watched a movie based on a Holocaust … Continue reading →
Giving up on Gaza peace
I see a great deal of current commentary saying that things will never work out in Gaza, that Trump and Netanyahu were foolish to think it would, and that it’s all over there and Hamas has won. It’s been what … Continue reading →
As New York goes, so goes Minneapolis
Or is it the other way around? I’ve never thought to compare those two places before, although they’re both cities. Climate, demographics, location, history, style – all are very very different. But in terms of mayoral races, they sound surprisingly … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/25/2025
Are we seeing the start of an “Ozempic for all” movement?
In yesterday’s post on the expansion of the definition of obesity to include 70% of Americans, I wrote: Who’s celebrating? The makers of diet drugs and the purveyors of diet programs. Well, today I saw this article: The study, published … Continue reading →
Trump is building a ballroom in the East Wing
Impeach him, I say! Or perhaps sue him for something or other? And yet now and then on the left there are surprising voices of reason on this, for example Shaun King on X: I actually think it’s a great … Continue reading →
George Abaraonye, of the Oxford Union, wants a word with you
In the midst of all the shocking reactions from the left to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, there was this: “Charlie Kirk got shot, let’s f***ing go,” George Abaraonye, a 20-year-old Politics, Philosophy and Economics student and the incoming president of the … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/24/2025
For all parents:
Continue reading →Psaki and friends on Usha Vance – the left’s Handmaid’s Tale fantasies
This is what I’m talking about: “I think the little Manchurian candidate, JD Vance, wants to be president more than anything else,” Psaki claimed. “I always wonder what is going on in the mind of his wife [Usha]. Are you … Continue reading →
NYC mayor’s poll tightens – if there were a 2-person race
Only thing is – it almost certainly won’t be a 2-person race. Here’s the poll: The newly released report by Gotham Polling and the city AARP found that 44.6% of New Yorkers would vote for Mamdani if Sliwa quit the … Continue reading →
We are all obese now
Or at least, the vast majority of us are, according to a recent re-definition: Obesity rates in the United States may increase dramatically under a new definition introduced earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission. Researchers at … Continue reading →