[Bumped up.] Today will not be the end of the world, NASA assures us on its website. Thanks, NASA, we needed that. It is, however, the end of one Mayan long-count calendar cycle and the beginning of a new one, … Continue reading →
…nominates Massachusetts Democratic Senator John Kerry for the post of Secretary of State. I’ve written about this choice before (including earlier, when Kerry was being considered for Secretary of Defense). So I’ll just quote myself: …[T]his would be another example … Continue reading →
Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit links to this piece on how to negotiate a “friends with benefits” relationship. It seems to be addressed to women, and the gist of its main caution is to make sure you don’t care, and make … Continue reading →
The incomparable Hanson points out the rise of what he calls “racial tribalism” on the part of a growing number of affluent and successful black people. It’s not just identification with blacks as a group, either. It’s this: Here is … Continue reading →
“Meltdown” is really the meme du jour for House Republicans’ failure to coalesce around Boehner’s Plan B. Great Speakers (and/or Majority Leaders) are not necessarily great statesmen (or stateswomen; let us not forget Nancy Pelosi). Perhaps that quality is even … Continue reading →
Forgive me my regional boosterism, but it’s highly unusual for a girl from Rhode Island who goes to Boston University to win Miss USA, let alone Miss Universe. And yet Olivia Culpo has done both—and she’s a classical cellist as … Continue reading →
It’s a topic you hear a lot about these days, especially from the left: the growing gap in income inequality, and what it means for the country. If you’re interested in reading a fascinating perspective on the concept from the … Continue reading →
…just name him “Person of the Century” and be done with it already?
Continue reading →It may not be such a bad idea, actually, when it’s the ALICE protocol.
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Continue reading →Former federal judge Robert Bork has died today of heart disease. His name was made into a verb, “to bork,” as in this: Following Bork’s nomination to the [Supreme] Court [by Reagan in 1987], Sen. Ted Kennedy took to the … Continue reading →
…of Seraphic Secret tells the tale of how he become a gun owner. [Hat tip: commenter “IGotBupkis.” And by the way, as a public service to those of you who don’t know the meaning of the word bupkis, it means—well, … Continue reading →