Today is the 26th anniversary of the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew members aboard as well as 11 people on the ground. Until 9/11, it had the distinction of … Continue reading →
Most of the coverage of the death of Ismaaiyl Brinsley, the murderer of the two NYC policemen, indicates he killed himself on a subway platform. While this is true, his suicide wasn’t spontaneous. Details that have emerged include the following … Continue reading →
When I read the news of the murder of NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu by shooter Ismaaiyl Brinsley as they sat in their police car, it had a sickening familiarity. If you’re as old as I am, and … Continue reading →
Now we’re really down to the wire, aren’t we? But you can still solve all your gift-giving dilemmas by turning to that online colossus, Amazon. And if you use those widgets on my right sidebar to click through for all … Continue reading →
When I was a child—which was not all that long ago—the supermarkets used to close at 5 PM. You could also get almost anything delivered, too: meat from the butcher, fish from the fishmonger, vegetables and fruits from the man … Continue reading →
I guess they ran out of other people’s money before they even started. Fancy that. Vermont, the nation’s most leftist state, has given up on single-payer health insurance. For now: “It is not the right time for Vermont” to pass … Continue reading →
The WaPo’s editorial board keeps hammering home on this issue: …[I]t’s important to know the reaction of those Cubans who have put their lives on the line to fight for democracy and human rights. Many have supported engagement and opposed … Continue reading →
Commenter “janetoo” asked a good question in the thread about Obama’s Cuba “negotiations”: What I want to know is this: what is Obama’s end game? What does he want from all this discourse with our enemies? My answer, which I … Continue reading →
The ebola news has been quiet since the flare-up in the US has died down. But ebola’s destructive power goes on. Note that Dr. Willoughby died after treating a patient who was not known to have ebola, but who later … Continue reading →
Here’s an update for those who are still interested in the continuing subsequent unraveling of the UVA rape story. It has now been revealed that the emails supposedly sent from Jackie’s attacker to Jackie’s buddy Randall/Ryan after the rape were … Continue reading →
The bad news just keeps coming, so here’s an antidote—a shoulder-level double amputee has been fit with robotic arms whose movement is controlled by his mind. This process has involved a series of training steps: In order to prepare his … Continue reading →
…when it responded to the North Korean cyberattack by pulling the film that satirized North Korea. “I wish they had spoken to me first,” he said (the “they” referring to Sony, not to North Korea). He also again vowed to … Continue reading →