I saw the Russian dancer Galina Ulanova perform in person when I was very little, not long before her retirement at the age of fifty. She remains unique among all the dancers I’ve ever seen in person or in video. … Continue reading →
Here’s an extremely interesting segment from “This American Life” about how change—political change and change in general—occurs [hat tip: Vanderleun]. I’ve studied change. I’ve observed it. I’ve experienced it. I’ve tried to effect it, but haven’t we all? Therapists, teachers, … Continue reading →
You may not care about it, but this news makes me happy: Kate Middleton looks better a few hours after giving birth than 99.9999% of the people in the world at their most gussed-up moments. Of course, it helps to … Continue reading →
I have been trying to find some very specific information on what the medical report on Freddie Gray actually said. But other than that there was a neck fracture, that he had a head injury that may have been caused … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca is a lawyer I highly respect who writes at the blog Legal Insurrection (full disclosure: I write there at times, too). He did yeoman’s service in blogging about the Zimmerman and Ferguson cases, as well as many others, … Continue reading →
This is why I used to love the TV show “Rescue 911”:
Continue reading →Everyone who diets knows how hard it can be. Here’s another discovery that, if true, shows one of the many reasons why: He explains that these [specialized AGRP] neurons read circulating signals in the blood to detect when an animal … Continue reading →
The Baltimore prosecutor has made a decision: State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, the chief prosecutor for Baltimore, announced this morning that her office has also found probable cause to pursue criminal charges in connection to the case. Five of the six … Continue reading →
The following was written by David Simon, who so far as I can tell is a not just a liberal but a leftist. He’s lived in Baltimore for a long, long time, used to be a police reporter for The … Continue reading →
The Boston Globe is every bit as liberal a paper as the New York Times, and both of them are offering a fair amount of criticism of the Clinton Foundation’s suspicious slip-ups. From the Globe: An unprecedented ethics promise that … Continue reading →
The Baltimore police have delivered a report to a prosecutor that contains the following new information: “The police van carrying Gray to the station made a previously undisclosed stop that was captured on a ‘privately owned camera.’” That’s all we … Continue reading →
The WaPo is reporting that a man who was being transported in the other side of the van that also was carrying Freddie Gray has told investigators he heard sounds that indicated Gray may have been trying to hurt himself … Continue reading →