This headline caught my eye: “Univ. of Michigan Cancels ‘American Sniper’ Screening, Made Students ‘Feel Unsafe’.” At first I thought it was some sort of objection to a film about a sniper and war, although I’m pretty sure other films … Continue reading →
A white North Charleston police officer was arrested on a murder charge after a video surfaced Tuesday of the lawman shooting eight times at a 50-year-old black man as the man ran away. Walter L. Scott, a Coast Guard veteran … Continue reading →
Here’s my new article for PJ. It deals with the report by the Columbia Journalism School on the infamous and bogus UVA gang rape story written by Sabrina Erdely and published in Rolling Stone. Here’s an excerpt from my piece: … Continue reading →
Sometimes several things, actually. For instance, I’ve learned quite a bit already today from this article. Let’s see if I can summarize: (1) The Hill has taken to calling unaccompanied children who have arrived in this country illegally “unaccompanied immigrant … Continue reading →
“Caedmon” asks me to comment on this clip of Natalia Osipova’s fouettes. Let’s take a look and compare them to the ones shown in my previous post about those whiplike turns: I have to say I lke Osipova’s fouettes the … Continue reading →
Is it possible that Obama thinks that agreements have some worth in and of themselves, irrespective of what’s in them? I think so. Obama has spent nearly his entire life as a Potemkin (cargo cult) achiever and leader. Even when … Continue reading →
This piece by Meghan McArdle just might be the best article of all on the Columbia Journalism School’s investigation of the debacle that was Sabrina Erdely’s Rolling Stone article about a horrendous gang rape at UVA that never happened.
Continue reading →I’ve written about the ballet step known as the fouette before, and so I’ll quote myself: The turn…is known as the fouette—a word that means “whip.”…The trajectory of the leg as it quickly unfolds leads the body into the turn … Continue reading →
Remember this? It’s one of the few papers that Obama wrote while in college or law school that is available; the rest seem to have disappeared. It is a 1983 article in the Columbia campus paper, and it constitutes pretty … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting call to PsyWar arms: The Islamists have enjoyed a long run in which they have directed the most hateful imaginable propaganda and violence against Jews, Christians, Hindus, and the wrong kinds of Muslims…It is this article’s purpose … Continue reading →
Enjoy: Have a wonderful Easter! This Easter, please remember and pray for the courageous and beleaguered Christians all over the world who are under attack.
Continue reading →Emily Phillips had a way with words, and she used it to write her own obituary, which has gone viral [hat tip: Althouse]. I bet we can get a good idea of Phillips’ personality by reading it: It pains me … Continue reading →