The fairest of them all?
I first heard her sing when I was in college. I had some friends who’d been to Europe and had brought back a few of her records. I didn’t much care for her music and promptly forgot about her, until … Continue reading →
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Looking back: the long reach of time
My mother’s very first memory was of being frightened by booming noises—guns? cannon? fireworks?—while being held aloft above a crowd to view a New York harbor filled with ships. She wept and her parents comforted her. The year was 1918, … Continue reading →
Political change revisited
I’ve got a new article up at PJ on—what else?—political change, from left to right. We could use a little more of that.
Continue reading →If only Obama knew
The Woodward/WhiteHouse war of words continues with this Woodward claim: Bob Woodward said this evening on CNN that a “very senior person” at the White House warned him in an email that he would “regret doing this,” the same day … Continue reading →
Joan Rivers’ Heidi Klum joke: not so very funny, not so very knowledgeable
In the Heidi Klum thread, commenter “JuliB” asks: Any comment on the uproar over Joan Rivers saying that the last time a German looked so hot, they were pushing Jews into the oven? Well, yes. When I read the Joan … Continue reading →
“People considered ketchup spicy”…
…back in the 1950s, according to food writer Ruth Clark, a specialist in the food of that era. Well, I must say that I don’t remember that, although I do recall that ketchup was considered to be an almost universal … Continue reading →
Heidi Klum’s Oscar night dress…
…was smashing:
Continue reading →Take the Civic Literacy Exam
[Hat tip: Maetenloch.] If you like to test yourself, here’s one that’s kind of interesting. It doesn’t take too long, either. I don’t mean to brag (actually, yes I do) but I got 31 out of 33 correct, which is … Continue reading →
Turning the corner?
Bob Woodward seems to have had a recent epiphany about Obama. First there was this. And now this: The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward ripped into President Barack Obama on “Morning Joe” today, saying he’s exhibiting a “kind of madness I … Continue reading →
Hagel confirmed
No surprise whatsoever that Hagel has been confirmed, but it’s still bad news. I had predicted from the start that Hagel would be confirmed, and there was never any reason to waver from that assumption. The Republicans in Congress seem … Continue reading →
Minor to major
[NOTE: It’s been a long time since I took any classes in music theory, and even back then I never learned very much of it. So I’m uncertain whether I’ve used the right musical terminology here when I compare major … Continue reading →
If you call someone a Marxist you’re a McCarthyite…
…and of course that’s much worse than a Marxist. Even if the “Marxist” charge is true. Excellent post by Ace. if you note that Marxists are indeed Marxists it’s supposedly a sort of Hate Crime up with which we must … Continue reading →