…to mock the Romneys for having a black grandchild? The main reason: their audience is so tiny and leftophile that the panel members forgot they were on TV and thought they were talking amongst themselves. Although they’ve now issued apologies … Continue reading →
The blog’s host was down for about two hours; it’s so frustrating when that happens. But we’re back (for now; I’d better type quickly and post this before it disappears again). I’ll be putting up some posts a little later … Continue reading →
When I was young I came across this book of courtroom speeches by Clarence Darrow. Although I was only about eleven years old it enthralled me, and I think it was one of the reasons I ended up going to … Continue reading →
There are plenty of take-downs of the recent New York Times article that had asserted no al Qaeda tie-in for the Benghazi incident of September 2012, if you care to read any of them. But it’s clear not only that … Continue reading →
…is so obviously Jewish, according to the Forward, that mockery of him is clearly anti-Semitism? Nope, I didn’t either. But I do know that the Forward has officially jumped the shark on this one. For what it’s worth, I hadn’t … Continue reading →
How would we know if we see exactly the same way other people do? After all, we can’t step momentarily into someone else’s brain. One of those visual differences among people appears to be the existence of something called “visual … Continue reading →
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 →