It’s an awfully good thing the president’s a Democrat…
…otherwise the news would be bad.
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HDR photography and seeing
Commenter “Harold” alerted me to a type of photography I’d never even heard of before, although I’d probably seen it and not known what I was looking at—HDR photography: High dynamic range imaging (HDRI or HDR) is a set of … Continue reading →
That 2000 Florida vote
I’d heard a lot about the Florida vote in the 2000 presidential election. Hanging chads, Pat Buchanan, virtual tie, recounts, Supreme Court, lingering rage. But I’d never encountered this factoid before: How campaigns try to sway polling results: “In a … Continue reading →
What the 2012 Republican candidate for president is up against
I’ve got a new article up at PJ, entitled “Romney’s daunting challenges.” My original title for the piece was the title I gave to this post, because I didn’t want it to be about Romney, but about what any Republican … Continue reading →
Romney. Taxes.
I’m in a hurry right now and don’t have time to write a post on this, although I plan to later. But I thought you might like a nice fresh new thread to discuss Romney’s tax info release and the … Continue reading →
Neo-neocon today
The euphemistically-named Arab Spring and its aftermath have made me think it might be time to offer a post re-explaining my brand of neocon thinking. After all, haven’t recent events proven neoconism to be bankrupt? But before I reinvented the … Continue reading →
Anti-colonialist Obama
David Goldman takes a long, hard, and well-worth-reading look at anti-colonialist Obama: What’s the difference between growing up in the Third World, and taking an Ivy League course in neocolonial studies? It’s about the same as the difference between sex … Continue reading →
Obama says…
…my biggest failure is the Republicans’ fault. And it may also be that I work too hard. Although actually, that’s my biggest weakness. Or maybe it’s that I care too much. So, do I get the job?
Continue reading →Editing Stephen Glass
I was searching for something or other, and I happened across an article on a different subject that caught my eye—this 1996 article by Jonathan Chait (he of BDS pride) about his fallen buddy Stephen Glass, the serial liar whose … Continue reading →
Monica…
…stay classy.
Continue reading →“The Obama You Don’t Know” is the Obama most people don’t care to read about
The Washington Examiner has a multi-part series of short articles called “The Obama You Don’t Know,” debunking some of the myths of Obama’s “narrative.” It punctures such tales as the one about how poor Obama’s family was when he was … Continue reading →
Overheard at the hairdresser’s
Yesterday I went for some R&R at the hairdresser’s. I tend to find this rather relaxing. It’s a chunk of time in which absolutely nothing is expected of me except to sit there, perhaps sip some chamomile tea, read a … Continue reading →