Dick Cheney’s heart
Of course, many of those who hate him would quip that the title of this post is an oxymoron, and that he hasn’t got one. Har dee har har har. But this sounds pretty interesting to me—a book by Cheney … Continue reading →
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The suicide bees
Not killer bees: suicide bees. Yesterday was a lovely warm day, and I had lunch with a friend. We decided the weather was so nice that we’d sit outside at a restaurant that had some sidewalk tables. I’d ordered a … Continue reading →
In praise of memorizing poetry
[NOTE: Here’s a post I first wrote in 2005. It’s a favorite of mine.] I think it may be a lost pedagogical device, but when I was in grade school, we were forced by our teachers (mostly elderly women, as … Continue reading →
Perhaps the worst thing about the Obamacare rollout…
…from the Democrats’ point of view is not that it will keep people from enrolling for a while. After all, there’s no enormous rush, although it would have been nice to have gotten the ball rolling faster. It’s the undermining … Continue reading →
Research proves lab rats are just like humans
That is, they’re addicted to Oreos, and they like to eat the insides first. I kid you not. I wonder if, given the opportunity, they also would do what I used to do when I was a little girl: break … Continue reading →
There was no way New Jersey’s Cory Booker was going to lose…
…and he didn’t. But Chris Christie almost certainly will win, big time: One New Jersey Republican source noted that, if anything, the dichotomy between the two outcomes will only further crystallize Christie as a “unique” player in an increasingly partisan … Continue reading →
Debt ceiling raised, shutdown ended
Of course. The Senate voted last night, the House will approve today. Now it’s time to emphasize what a train wreck Obamacare is. However, that could end up leading to single payer if the Republicans don’t do well in the … Continue reading →
Remembering the 60s: were you there?
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane famously said that if you can remember anything about the 60s you weren’t really there. Cute, but not really true. I bet even Kantner remembers quite a bit (as you can see by this), and … Continue reading →
Attention, Walmart shoppers
You’ve probably already heard about the EBT card breakdown during a power outage in which shoppers at a couple of Louisiana Walmarts purposely took advantage of the situation by “buying” a huge number of groceries for amounts that greatly exceeded … Continue reading →
Cream cake, dream cake
Yesterday I went to Whole Foods. I don’t live very close to one. But not too very far away, either. Perhaps just right (in the Goldilocks sense), because any closer and I’d be a lot poorer and a lot fatter, … Continue reading →
The day the university died
A trip back in time to the epicenter: Cornell, 1969. As Allan Bloom wrote: …[S]tudents discovered that pompous teachers who catechized them about academic freedom could, with a little shove, be made into dancing bears. It was a turning point, … Continue reading →
Remember civility?: Roger Simon, racism, and polemics
Roger Simon (not to be confused with PJ’s Roger L. Simon) was long a respected and supposedly objective journalist. And yet take a look at his column: Question: If Ted Cruz and John Boehner were both on a sinking ship, … Continue reading →