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No doubt you’d love to hear about my root canal
A couple of weeks ago it was decided – after some sort of panoramic dental X-ray on a machine that played “Fur Elise” in beeping digital sounds – that I needed to have a root canal performed on an upper … Continue reading →
The ceasefire and hostage release are challenges for the left – but they’re up to it
The ceasefire is what they screamed that they wanted, for so long. But what they wanted far far more was for Trump to fail – hopefully, with a large dose of humiliation. So now they’re either ignoring the ceasefire, pivoting … Continue reading →
The feminization of everything
There’s been a lot of buzz about this article. An excerpt: This cancellation was feminine, the essay argued, because all cancellations are feminine. Cancel culture is simply what women do whenever there are enough of them in a given organization … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/18/2025
It’s donation time! [I’ll be bumping this up for about a week, so scroll down for new posts]
Ah yes, here we go again. It’s been awhile since I’ve asked for donations. In the meantime, many readers have donated anyway, and I thank you all profusely. Some of you even have a setup whereby you make a monthly … Continue reading →
Middle East pessimists versus Middle East optimists
The Middle East pessimists have certain things in common with each other, and a prominent one is that they think Trump is a gullible fool. I don’t see evidence for that description, although I know a lot of people believe … Continue reading →
Bolton’s been indicted
We knew this was coming: John Bolton, President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser-turned-adversary, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Maryland. He now faces 18 charges: eight counts of transmission of national defense information and 10 counts … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/17/2025
I wouldn’t have guessed Joan Crawford:
Continue reading →Senator John Fetterman …
… makes me nostalgic for a time when the sort of reasonable opinions he expresses about the opposition were commonplace in Democrats. Back then, I was a Democrat, too. It’s ironic that it’s Fetterman who’s not on the “Republicans are … Continue reading →
Curtis Sliwa: ego or principles?
From NY GOP mayoral nominee Curtis Sliwa: Said Sliwa: “I’m the only one standing between Zohran Mamdani and Andrew Cuomo, who I call Zohran lite.” I suppose it’s the case that Sliwa is standing between them, since otherwise it would … Continue reading →