Election Days make me nervous. Back in the twentieth century (doesn’t that sound archaic?), that wasn’t the case. I always voted, and I always preferred one candidate to another, but it didn’t affect me very deeply. It seemed that even … Continue reading →
…they’ll be looking forward to it, not dreading it. This is the sort of thing I’ve been suggesting: What’s needed is a quarantine so luxurious that health care workers will look forward to their 21 day quarantine, or at least … Continue reading →
…from “Idiocracy”: That name bit reminds me ever-so-slightly of this:
Continue reading →Found—some old satellite photos with grainy images: Scientists have uncovered a cache of satellite images of Earth from the 1960s that had been forgotten in storage for nearly 50 years and that push back the first satellite images of our … Continue reading →
Today we have the astounding news that the uber-liberal Boston Globe has endorsed Republican Charlie Baker over Democrat Martha Coakley for governor of Massachusetts. You may recall that Coakley is the person Scott Brown defeated for the Senate. She is … Continue reading →
Well, that didn’t last long: The New Jersey Department of Health issued a statement this morning that Hickox has been “symptom free for the last 24 hours,” and that it decided to discharge her after consulting with the Centers for … Continue reading →
Ten days ago I wrote a post about one of the most salient characteristics of the Obama administration: the failure to protect. It’s happened time and again: the lack of security in Benghazi. The complete pullout from Iraq. The porous … Continue reading →
…can write a masterpiece within the confines of almost any restriction. Tchaikovsky was just that kind of genius. He was one of the greatest composers for ballet who ever lived, transforming ballet music from the light and inconsequential into the … Continue reading →
There may be quite a few non-citizen voters, and they may even decide elections in close races. Why not? It may all be part of the plan. And it may be harder to control than you might think, even if … Continue reading →
Don’t buy a house unless you can afford one. I’m old enough to remember when that wasn’t a novel idea. She makes the point that low-down-payment loans only work in a rising housing market, and then when there’s an economic … Continue reading →
This is terrible: What he saw was freshman Jaylen Fryberg go up to a table with students, “came up from behind … and fired about six bullets into the backs of them,” Luton told CNN. “They were his friends, so … Continue reading →
And I mean completely different: toddler neo-neocon. I came across these photos while looking for something else. This one has long amused me; I look so pouty! And, as was often the case back then, I’m sporting the off-the-shoulder look. … Continue reading →