Perhaps you’ve noticed that the topic of free speech has been coming up again and again and again lately. The battle to protect it has taken on new urgency, in part because too many people appear to have forgotten what … Continue reading →
Especially among the young. As William Jacobson points out, this is likely to be the result of decades of effort among “progressive” educators and the MSM. Many people I know consider it axiomatic that religion and science/logic are antithetical, and … Continue reading →
Mark Steyn has some obligatory reading on the “Yes, but…” reaction to the attack on Pam Geller, and he doesn’t mess around: The Washington Post offered the celebrated headline “Event Organizer Offers No Apology After Thwarted Attack In Texas”, while … Continue reading →
My question is quite simple: who’s the bigger liar, Seymour Hersh or President Obama? A lot of attention is being paid to Hersh’s piece in the London Review of Books that claims that “a single source says Obama lied about … Continue reading →
Mark Halperin wants Ted Cruz to go on “Dancing With the Stars” and perform salsa to prove his Cuban authenticity, or something like that.
Continue reading →I understand the temptation to pass hate speech laws. But there’s a temptation to do a lot of things that are wrong and lead to an unacceptable loss of liberty. We are not free to do anything that harms another … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of my traditional Mother’s Day post. It was written while my mother was still alive.] Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is the very first picture you’ve ever seen … Continue reading →
…and yet Galina Mezentseva has been retired for at least twenty years, and is of my generation. The minute I watched the very first video that I’d ever seen of her, which featured her performing Odile (the Black Swan role … Continue reading →
…this woman’s photographs. It’s her sense of color that is extraordinary, I think. She also manages to do this while being the mother of ten, which is quite a job in itself.
Continue reading →Here’s a good one to send round to all your liberal friends who are still accepting emails from you It’s two years old, but it’s new to me: I teach a class at Stanford Business School titled “Financial Crises in … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote a post discussing certain liberals who say Pam Geller spouts hatred but who defend her right to do so. Some of them don’t even feel the need to give quotes or details in order to illustrate this … Continue reading →
I’ve written a lot about the Pamela Geller incident and the reaction among pundits and the press, because it seems to me it has brought out some disturbing, although important, truths. The main one is how many people are willing … Continue reading →