Heart…
…warming story. [Hat tip: Instapundit.]
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Let’s chop some broccoli with Dana Carvey
Many years ago, before Saturday Night Live became unfunny and unwatchable, there was Dana Carvey. I happened across this audition tape of his on YouTube, which features a bit of his that he later did on the show, and which … Continue reading →
Singing the blogroll blues
You may or may not have noticed that a couple of years ago my blogroll disappeared. To the reader, blogrolls are a convenience, a shorthand way to find blogs the writer considers worth looking at for one reason or other. … Continue reading →
Obama and executive power: it goes without saying…
…that this is the plan [emphasis mine]: …[I]ncreasingly in recent months, the administration has been seeking ways to act without Congress. Branding its unilateral efforts “We Can’t Wait,” a slogan that aides said Mr. Obama coined at that strategy meeting, … Continue reading →
Romney’s quiet first
When Obama was nominated and elected, one of the big deals was that he was the first African-American in that position. And that really was a big deal, given our racial history, and despite the fact that his black ancestry … Continue reading →
Stop the presses! Geriatric Claudia Schiffer still looks pretty darn good
Wow! Can you believe that Claudia Schiffer, who first burst on the scene as a model in 1989, still can sell the goods? At the mindbogglingly ancient age of—41? I hate to break it to Shine and all the others … Continue reading →
Some people…
…die young. Some die older but not really old. I think of them as the advance guard. One was Levon Helm: RIP. [Hat tip: American Digest.]
Continue reading →Europe’s still there
It’s easy to concentrate on the election here and miss what’s happening in Europe, such as, for example, Sarkozy’s threatened ousting in the impending French election by socialist challenger Hollande. It’s all about the economy, stupid: With the highest joblessness … Continue reading →
Ah, but polygamous Mormon ancestors…
…are so much worse than polygamous Muslim ancestors. Or something like that. (You’ll have to read the link to understand what I’m talking about.)
Continue reading →Alan Dershowitz and the Zimmerman prosecutor
Noted liberal law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz has not taken up the PC line in the Zimmerman case. Au contraire. Something about prosecutor Angela Corey’s behavior has really gotten his goat, as was evident in this video. Now Dershowitz … Continue reading →
Another case of Romney dog abuse
Horrors! Could it be that a pattern is emerging?: Nearly three decades ago, Mitt Romney left his office on a Friday afternoon, gathered his wife and kids in the family station wagon and drove out to spend the weekend at … Continue reading →
To a man with a hammer…
…everything looks like a nail. To the race-obsessed, everything looks like racism. Or, even if it doesn’t, they’ll pretend it does. But that’s gotten very, very old. I got curious about the origins of the hammer/nail phrase, and I discovered … Continue reading →