A lot of bloggers have recommended reading this Boston Globe piece on why Romney lost. It’s probably good, with a lot of inside info, but I could only get through about a third of it because (a) the topic has … Continue reading →
This is how deep the rot goes. I won’t bother to excerpt any quotes, because I think you should read the whole thing. And once you’ve read it, note that I disagree with the author’s penultimate sentence. She writes that … Continue reading →
In my mental image of poet Emily Dickinson, dog ownership was never part of the picture. I imagined her dressed all in flowing white, flitting about the upstairs rooms of her family’s spacious Amherst home, sitting down to write amazing … Continue reading →
Here’s an organization that sounds like it has some promise. Something to think about and support if you like what you see: Apgar Foundation, Inc. (the Foundation) makes grants to undergraduate programs that increase knowledge of and exposure to aspects … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s comments about Obama’s nomination of John Kerry as Secretary of State, Geoffrey Britain referred to Kerry as a “loathsome type.” That reminded me that it was that very quality of John Kerry’s that helped drive me to become … Continue reading →
[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 →