Merry Christmas!
On Christmas Day—blog? I’d rather have grog, Or maybe eggnog, Then go walk the dog. Or watch a Yule Log, And eat like a hog, Then go for a jog. Blogging’s a bog. My mind’s in a fog, Or maybe … Continue reading →
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Twas the Bloggers’ Night Before Christmas
[NOTE: This small poetic effort of mine has become somewhat of a holiday tradition. So here (with a few words changed for the sake of meter) it comes again—just like the holiday itself. Merry Christmas Eve!] ‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT … Continue reading →
It’s Gangnam Pony time!
Unlike over a billion of the world’s population, I only just got introduced to this weird phenom, which probably signals the end of civilization as we know it: It immediately reminded me of something I hadn’t thought about in close … Continue reading →
Why Romney lost, millionth version (the patrician vs. the common man)
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 →
How to hire a university professor: Canadian version
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 →
Literary Emilys and their dogs
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 →
How about our very own Gramscian march through those universities
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 →
My very first blog post: courtesy of John Kerry
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 →
Winter solstice: NASA sets us straight
[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 →
And in no surprise at all, Obama…
…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 →
How to hook up
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 →
Victor Davis Hanson on unchecked racial tribalism
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 →