I’m picking on this article that appeared a few days ago in The Altantic not because it’s unusual but because it demonstrates a phenomenon that’s so common these days. The piece piece is entitled “The Fragile French Republic: The country’s … Continue reading →
Wow. Photos from the amazing collection of the Arabia Steamboat Museum in Kansas City, which displays artifacts found almost perfectly preserved in a steamboat that sunk in the Mississippi about 160 years ago. [Hat tip: Maetenloch at Ace’s.]
Continue reading →The left’s approach is now two-pronged. To the old “never let a mass murder opportunity go to waste in promoting gun control even though it wouldn’t have prevented it” method we can add the new, agreed-on “we act in effective … Continue reading →
[Scroll down for updates.] This is a breaking news situation with very few details known so far, but an active shooter and many possible deaths have been reported at a disability center in San Bernardino, California. At first I thought … Continue reading →
Here’s a transcript and video of Obama’s Paris news conference, which was widely perceived as disturbingly unfocused and halting. He said one thing in particular that received a lot of puzzled criticism: “With respect to Planned Parenthood, obviously, my heart … Continue reading →
Obama has sunk so low that even previous supporter Richard Cohen of the WaPo is wondering why the president sounds so lost and listless lately: …[Obama’s] eloquence has been replaced by petulance and he has lost the power to persuade, … Continue reading →
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Dr. Priscilla Chan have announced a decision they’ve made on the birth of the daughter: Zuckerberg announced that his family will be giving away 99 percent of their shares in Facebook, which currently totals … Continue reading →
For now, I’m not going to call this the “Planned Parenthood shootings.” I’ve decided that the jury is still very much out on the Colorado Springs shooter’s motives, although the press and the left have acted as though there is … Continue reading →
This article presents photos of couples when young, and then the same couples years later. Some of them aren’t particularly interesting. The passage of the twenty years that takes a couple from their 20s to their 40s doesn’t ordinarily demonstrate … Continue reading →
Their share hasn’t grown very large yet, but the anti-immigration Swedish Democrats have risen in the polls since the refugee crisis has led the present government to force Swedes to accept so many of the “Syrian refugees” into their country. … Continue reading →
But why was no photo provided?: Tiny women carry amazingly large luggage, twice their eighty-pound weight. Sort of like fleas or ants.
Continue reading →Attorney David Begley (commenter “Cornhead”) has been posting at Powerline on nearly all the Republican candidates—most of whom he’s seen in person in Iowa, some not once but several times. Now he has come out with a statement as to … Continue reading →