Pablo Picasso, house painter
Mystery solved. That’s a relief.
Continue reading →neo
Allan Bloom on the ubiquity of moral relativism—in 1987
I’ve written before about Allan Bloom’s masterful The Closing of the American Mind, published in 1987, here and here. And I probably will again. It is so richly loaded with thought that almost every sentence might cause the reader to … Continue reading →
This is how a diet works
Those who have never been on a diet will wonder what this crazy woman is talking about. Those who have—well, you know who you are:
Continue reading →Time to get to work…
…on undermining Ted Cruz, says the MSM. We can’t have any young, smart, Hispanic Republicans now, can we?
Continue reading →The left and the liberals
In yesterday’s thread on Limbaugh’s epiphany, commenter “DNW” asks some interesting questions: I’m curious as to how many continue to believe the old saw that conservatives and libertarians on the one hand, and modern liberals on the other, “at base” … Continue reading →
USDA is already running the re-education camps
I’ve read about this sort of thing before, of course, although I’ve been fortunate enough so far to not have been required to endure a stint in the re-education camps myself (give them time): Judicial Watch today released previously unseen … Continue reading →
So, could Rahm Emanuel become…
…the first Jewish president? Only if Hillary decides not to run: “Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is said by well-connected Democrats to be considering the idea of running for president if Hillary Clinton opts out of the 2016 race.” But Hillary … Continue reading →
Rush Limbaugh has an epiphany about Obama
Part of this humorous rant by Rush Limbaugh is thick sarcasm, and part of it is a straightforward acknowledgement of a new realization he’s come to about Obama. I hardly ever listen to talk shows, and so I’m quite unfamiliar … Continue reading →
Martin Peretz is surprised…
…by the fact that the guy who took over TNR, Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes, told Peretz he planned to do one thing with the magazine and has actually done another. Surprised, Martin? Why? I can’t read the full Peretz article … Continue reading →
Happy Valentine’s Day!
To all my ever-loving readers: Did you receive anything? Did you give those you love anything? Do you consider this day just an excuse for the greeting card, chocolate, and flower industries to coax us in a rather unsubtle way … Continue reading →
This…
…is somewhat encouraging. I say “somewhat” because I don’t think it will amount to a hill of beans in the end. I predict that Hagel will be confirmed, or someone almost equally awful. I say “almost” because it would be … Continue reading →
Somebody had a bright idea
The email spammers know what they’re doing. The other day I got a spam email with the subject: “GET PAID TO WATCH PORN!”, thus deftly combining the two most successful spammer devices on the internet in one succinct and fell … Continue reading →