…but not quite far enough Here’s what Cheney said about President Obama: HEWITT: Is [Obama] naive, Mr. Vice President? Or does he have a far reaching vision that only he entertains of a realigned Middle East. That somehow it all … Continue reading →
Commenter “cantinflas” asks a question: I’m not going to defend this cop shooting 8(?) times at a guy’s back, but what is the precedent you’re trying to set here, Neo? Are you claiming that if you’re not an “extremely dangerous … Continue reading →
Guilty on all thirty counts, seventeen of which carry a possible death penalty. This is no surprise whatsoever. The penalty phase, in which the defense will try to make the case that he was under the influence of his evil … Continue reading →
Here’s a book that sounds tremendously interesting. Disclaimer: I haven’t read it. But I was in the car last night and happened to catch an interview with its author, Sen. Mike Lee of Utah, and was impressed. From a review … Continue reading →
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 →