Constraining Obama
[BUMPED UP] I’ve got a new article up at PJ, entitled “Constraining Obama.” It’s about Obama (natch), the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and natural rights vs. legal rights.
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Don’t mess with Thomas Klingenstein
As Barry Mills, president of Bowdoin College, learned: One day in the summer of 2010, Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, a respected liberal-arts school in Brunswick, Maine, met investor and philanthropist Thomas Klingenstein for a round of golf … Continue reading →
Not wild about Wild
I belong to a book group, as it seems about 99% of American women do these days. The books are more or less a pretext for getting together, talking, eating, and talking (did I say talking?). Sometimes I read the … Continue reading →
Obama: the legacy
Obama actually offers up a proposal that at least gives the appearance of being a compromise (entitlement cuts for tax raises), and the left gets angry at him, naturally: Progressive groups and lawmakers, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), are blasting … Continue reading →
Marriage: when?
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 →
The following does not appear…
…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 →
More on France2, al Durah, Enderlin, and Karsenty
Richard Landes is on the case.
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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 →
I love this story
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 →
Mark Sanford is engaged…
…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 →
Crime and punishment
Every now and then there’s a murderer with a guilty conscience.
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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 →