Here’s a review of the movie “Truth,” which is about to officially open in a few days. The film, which stars Robert Redford, is an attempt to whitewash the Rathergate fiasco and is based on the memoir of one of … Continue reading →
I went apple-picking this weekend. It’s easy to do—just drive about 15 minutes, go to the pick-your-own orchard, buy one of their little bags, walk out on a lovely fall day to where the trees are, and begin. The trees … Continue reading →
I watched about 20 minutes of it, which was 20 minutes more than I wanted to watch. As regular readers know, I don’t like debates in general, not just Democratic debates. But this debate was unusually strange—or rather, the crop … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The other day we had Victor Davis Hanson. Now we have Niall Ferguson as another brilliant and often insightful man who doesn’t seem to have a clue about Obama despite seven years of close observation. It’s a failure of imagination, … Continue reading →
Commenter “Ackler” poses the following hypothetical: …[S]uppose that tomorrow Obama announced he was canceling the 2016 Election by executive order. Either he would stay in power indefinitely or he would voluntarily cede the Presidency to the anointed Hillary (or Biden, … Continue reading →
Meet the new Iran, same as the old Iran: Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, imprisoned in Tehran for more than 14 months, has been convicted in an espionage trial that ended in August, Iranian state television reported. News of a … Continue reading →
I think some of it is good advice. Kurt Schlichter wrote it, and it goes this: I would be supporting you today except for the amnesty thing. There are a lot of Republicans like me. Here’s how you win us … Continue reading →
For all her political wounds, Hillary Clinton is still miles ahead in the race for the Democratic nomination. I’ve never felt her standing to be seriously threatened by anything. Quite literally, anything. Although Clinton is very different in personality from … Continue reading →
There, did I cover enough bases? Did I get it right (I mean left)? Like many things, Columbus Day has evolved. And here’s a discussion of the postmodern Columbus Day (from Dr. Sanity, circa 2009). As for me, since I … Continue reading →
…according to Obama’s mentor and spiritual guide Jeremiah Wright.
Continue reading →Anthony Dowell was a British dancer of rare qualities. I write “was” because, although he’s still alive, he’s in his seventies. But those who saw him in his heyday—and that includes me—remember. Dowell wasn’t known for bravura technique, although his … Continue reading →