I’ve watched the TLC show “On the Fly” once or twice (only while double-tasking, so please don’t mock me too much). According to TLC, it “gives viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the modern air travel experience, sharing the large-scale operations … Continue reading →
Executive privilege claimed for the Fast and Furious documents.
Continue reading →You’re probably familiar with Alice Walker’s Pulitizer prizewinning novel The Color Purple. It caused a sensation when it was published way back in 1982, with its story of a poor black woman who rises from a history of abuse and … Continue reading →
…is driving me crazy. It seems to be malfunctioning at the moment. And I know, I know—a lot of you will tell me to go to Gmail, because it’s so much better. I have a Gmail account, too, and have … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is another installment in my series on literary leftists.] You may know Will and Ariel Durant as the authors of a series of books on world history called The Story of Civilization, which I read one long-ago summer … Continue reading →
When I saw the headline for this article—“Egypt analysts warn of new political crisis brewing”—I clicked on it because I actually thought for a moment that it meant there was a new crisis brewing in Egypt. But of course, it’s … Continue reading →
…on Securitygate: What I call “Securitygate” ”” the release of the most intricate details about the cyber war against Iran, the revelations about a Yemeni double-agent, disclosures about covert operations in and against Pakistan, intimate details about the Osama bin … Continue reading →
…that the large-soda ban isn’t even likely to work. So saith the economists who did the study he cited to justify the ban.
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Continue reading →Not yet, but soon, the Supreme Court finally will be issuing its long-awaited ruling on HCR. When? By the end of the month, and speculation abounds. I won’t even try to predict what will happen; I’ve discussed the legal issues … Continue reading →
About a week ago marked the 75th anniversary of the disappearance of Juliet Poyntz. She’s hardly a household word, but her story is not atypical of those highly-placed Communists who turned on their former colleagues. Poyntz was a Barnard history … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] It’s Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who … Continue reading →