A different kind of death, a different kind of life, but another Hollywood icon is dead: Lauren Bacall at 89. She was a great beauty with even more personality, and her husky voice just accented her allure. As for clips, … Continue reading →
I guess I’m out of touch with fashion, because somehow I missed the advent (or is it the return?) of the high-low dress. Also known as the mullet. Ouch. I was at a wedding recently, and that’s where I noticed … Continue reading →
As might be expected, the Squeegee Men starting to come back. As is a new variety of panhandler/extortionist, the Sunday Hijacker.
Continue reading →Hillary Clinton’s interview with Jeffrey Goldberg features so much criticism of Obama’s foreign policy that the editors of the Weekly Standard have decided to feature lengthy quotes of Hillary’s in an editorial of theirs which is signed, “Hillary Rodham Clinton, … Continue reading →
When I first heard the news of Robin Williams’ death I thought it shocking because he was “only” 63. When just a moment later it came out that he probably had killed himself, that was even more shocking. But then, … Continue reading →
The coal miners have finally turned on Obama That’s not the mystery. The mystery is why they ever supported him in the first place. He kept many things a secret during his 2008 campaign, but his plan to bankrupt the … Continue reading →
ISIS is the very personification of evil. But: “We don’t understand real evil, organized evil very well,” said America’s former ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, in an interview with The New York Times. “This is evil incarnate.” “People … Continue reading →
Too little, too late. At least for the moment, though, our assistance seems to have actually assisted the Kurds, although Maliki is playing political games and may be digging in and refusing to relinquish power. [NOTE: The title of this … Continue reading →
This and that… Let me make this clear at the outset: I do not think Romney should run in 2016, and I do not think he will run in 2016. That said, I agree with this article that points out … Continue reading →
Somebody’s been making a ton of money off Cozy Classics, which are board picture books for toddlers. They feature a single word per each of twelve pages and are meant mostly to amuse their parents, I would guess: Read the … Continue reading →
Read this, and think of ISIS: THE SECOND COMING (W.B Yeats) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed … Continue reading →
Quite some time ago I came to the point of having difficulty reading Obama’s speeches and interviews in full. I don’t mean cognitive difficulty; I understand them well enough. I mean a weariness at the overwhelming combination of factual errors, … Continue reading →