And the correct decision, I believe (at least part of it; I’m not so sure about the part about making the parents pay—although if they don’t, the taxpayer will). I have the following question: how would this case have been … Continue reading →
Poetic spammer: Are you tired of boring rendezvous instead of fiery screw?
Continue reading →Most people know of Lincoln’s eloquence and his gift for the pithy saying, but mainly in his role as Civil War president and especially the champion he became of freeing the slaves. But Lincoln had opinions on a lot of … Continue reading →
…asks Nate Silver. I’d be inclined to pay attention to what Silver has to say. He proved his mettle in the last election (actually, I always paid attention to what he had to say, because try as I might to … Continue reading →
…is 80.
Continue reading →Try this for size (hat tip: Gerard Vanderleun at American Digest). The video includes a lot of new-agey political stuff, but it’s the pictures that are wonderful: OVERVIEW from Planetary Collective on Vimeo. Here’s an early post of mine on … Continue reading →
…welfare recipients. John Hinderaker has two alternate theories: …[T]he Obama administration is actively recruiting indigent foreigners to come to the United States to receive welfare benefits. Its Welcome to USA.gov page is largely about the welfare benefits that new immigrants … Continue reading →
…read this. And then could someone tell me why Fox’s show “Red Eye” is on at 3 A.M. instead of prime time? And don’t tell me that the sort of problem described at the link is just a drop in … Continue reading →
Mystery solved. That’s a relief.
Continue reading →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 →
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 →…on undermining Ted Cruz, says the MSM. We can’t have any young, smart, Hispanic Republicans now, can we?
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