(1) Continuing horrific massacres in Sudan don’t seem to engender demonstrations from the left. It’s not “Palestine,” after all, so it doesn’t really matter to them. (2) Bari Weiss continues changing the makeup of CBS: “Purge Begins at CBS; Biased … Continue reading →
Trying to beat the mad rush: As Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani surges ahead in New York City’s mayoral race, residents are racing to secure homes in the leafy, affluent enclaves of Connecticut and Westchester County — driven by anxieties over … Continue reading →
First, a disclaimer: I don’t have the definitive answer. Second: why would I care? I guess it’s because I’m interested in what makes people tick, and especially interested in political change. Most such change goes from left to right. But … Continue reading →
More of a slowdown than anything else. It’s coming along, but I’ll use it as an excuse for late posting. Meanwhile I’ll just observe here that we turn the clocks back this weekend, which means it will get dark very … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This post is a slightly-edited repeat of a post from 2008.] No, I didn’t make it up. It really is National Candy Corn Day, the day “the nation celebrates its favorite vegetable.” No doubt all of my readers, being … Continue reading →
We can’t really blame it on Biden; certainly not totally, because who knows how much input he had into so many things that occurred during his presidency? But it was indeed his presidency during which the apparatus of the federal … Continue reading →
Lovely guy, that Mamdani. Here’s what I’m talking about: Speaking at a New York University event in September 2023, Democratic socialist state lawmaker Zohran Mamdani made one of his most despicable, antisemitic remarks yet. He said, “We have to make … Continue reading →
I went back to the endodontist yesterday for session number two, which I must admit was a better experience than session number one had been. It lasted a shorter time; maybe an hour. It didn’t hurt, although it was uncomfortable. … Continue reading →
Hard to know what to say about this:
Continue reading →First, to refresh your memory on Clouseau: And this is the sort of incompetence I’m talking about, in the Louvre investigation: As a manhunt continued on Monday for suspects in the Louvre Museum jewel heist, the Paris Prosecutor said she … Continue reading →
I’ve not been taken in by a scam – so far. But never say never. The crooks are getting more and more clever. And so I’d like to warn you about this con game, in which the scammers manage somehow … Continue reading →