How would you fill in the blank for this ultra-marathoner who ran 311 miles in 86 hours without sleeping? I’d start with “OCD” (obsessive-compulsive disorder). It seems nearly insane to me to do this sort of thing. But then again, … Continue reading →
…which we were doing yesterday—there’s an article about her in yesterday’s WSJ. Paglia is a curious amalgam. She prides herself on being unique and iconoclastic, and she certainly defies categorization. She seems to ally with the right on Obamacare, global … Continue reading →
My answer: I’m not at all sure. But I was brainstorming the question after reading about the most recent incident of flash mob violence, which occurred in a Brooklyn mall: A wild flash mob stormed and trashed a Brooklyn mall, … Continue reading →
Leonard Cohen is a songwriter, and a very successful one at that. But he was a poet first. He’s old, too—if 79 can be called “old” these days. Accordingly, the style and content of his songs have changed over the … Continue reading →
U.S. District Judge William Pauley ruled that NSA surveillance does not violate Americans’ rights to privacy: In a 54-page decision, Pauley said the program “vacuums up information about virtually every telephone call to, from, or within the United States.” But … Continue reading →
Jay Nordlinger asks an interesting question: Do you have a go-to lefty? Someone or someones who will give you the best arguments of the “liberal” side? (I hate the corruption of the sterling word “liberal,” but there’s nothing that can … Continue reading →
Or where are y’all from, if you’re from the South. I took the test and it pegged me quite accurately. It said that I’m from New York City (alternatives, Yonkers or Newark). I guess you can take the girl out … Continue reading →
Articles such as this one puzzle me somewhat: Nelson, who will be 62 in January, said he had been without health insurance since 2009 and is trying to get coverage for him and his wife… He was skeptical about Covered … Continue reading →
Because it’s working out so well. It occurs to me that the category “health care reform,” which I created on this blog in 2009 and have since assigned to this post and to over three hundred others, seems more and … Continue reading →
From Victor Davis Hanson, on how the precedents Obama has set could result in a changed America even after he leaves office: So we are living in scary times. The nation has grown used to the idea that what the … Continue reading →
On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP.] [NOTE: This small poetic effort of mine has become somewhat of a holiday tradition at neo-neocon. So here (with a few words changed for the sake of meter) it comes again—just like the holiday itself. Merry Christmas Eve … Continue reading →