In the annals of embarrassing-mother moments, Susan Patton’s letter to the Princeton paper—exhorting girls (women?) at the school to look around at wonderful guys such as her son (a student there) and consider them a great pool of marriage material … Continue reading →
…to be an April Fools joke, or an Onion article. But I think I’ll take a raincheck on it anyway. I kinda like the disparate elements, although I rarely let myself indulge in those particular vices. But the combo? Gag … Continue reading →
Richard Landes is on the case.
Continue reading →Here’s a story for you: Last year when liberal Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was robbed, the New York Post editorial page used it to recall one of the late Ed Koch’s favorite anecdotes: Back when he was first running … Continue reading →
Here’s another story about love coming late in life, which seems to be an emerging theme for today. I also love the fact that this reunited couple both report having had happy marriages before they got back together (after becoming … Continue reading →
…in campaigning for a vacant House seat in South Carolina as the official Republican nominee, having won the runoff election. Yes, that Mark Sanford, the one who sort of lost his mind and ran off, not to the Appalachian trail … Continue reading →
Every now and then there’s a murderer with a guilty conscience.
Continue reading →One of the things that draws me to YouTube is its ability to collapse time. I’ve written other posts before that use this then/now format, but I don’t really tire of it. So here’s another. Petula Clark, then: And now … Continue reading →
The fact that if SCOTUS overrules DOMA the result will be conflict of laws over who is married and who is not should come as absolutely no surprise. In fact, one of the reasons for the passage of the act … Continue reading →
…let’s do it again!—says the Obama administration: The Obama administration is engaged in a broad push to make more home loans available to people with weaker credit, an effort that officials say will help power the economic recovery but that … Continue reading →
They just won’t be called that any more. After all, we wouldn’t want to offend anyone or hurt their feelings. The article is a bit mum on what should replace the term, which is supposedly being jettisoned because it characterizes … Continue reading →
Two days ago I wrote a post on why Obama should be taken seriously in which I said, among other things, that Obama is an “excellent, ruthless, and very smart politician.” Many commenters disagreed, which has happened every time I’ve … Continue reading →