By now you’ve probably encountered the tale of 85-year-old Marilyn Hagerty’s polite column on the Olive Garden in Grand Forks, North Dakota, the middle-America restaurant review that went viral. Initially, cynical bloggers and twitterers made fun of Ms. Hagerty’s respect … Continue reading →
I’m in agreement with Sean Trende about Newt Gingrich’s goal at this point. Even Gingrich probably doesn’t really think he’s got a chance to win. He just wants to try to keep Romney from getting enough votes to go to … Continue reading →
Let’s take a look at the results from yesterday’s primaries in the South: Mississippi: Santorum: 32.8% Gingrich: 31.2% Romney: 30.6% Alabama: Santorum: 34.5% Gingrich: 29.3% Romney: 29.0% Ron Paul got between 4% and 5% in both states. For three-way races, … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s thread about eating beef, commenter “SteveH” asks: Where does this obsession with quanity of life come from? I could understand it if we lost years on the average lifespan over the past 100 years. But we’ve gained tremendously. … Continue reading →
One by one they’re trying to take away our gustatory pleasures. Salt. Sugar. Fat. Red meat—not just a lot of red meat, but any amount of red meat. According to this Harvard study, any red meat at all increases the … Continue reading →
To someone such as me, who’s experienced a certain amount of liberal shunning and/or anger because of my political “change,” this report comes as no surprise whatsoever: [The Pew Research Center] found that instead of engaging in civil discourse or … Continue reading →
Today’s most-watched primaries—Alabama and Mississippi—are in the deep South, and they are toss-ups in the polls. So tonight it may take quite a while for the networks to declare the winner. Today’s primaries are the first time that Romney doesn’t … Continue reading →
By now everyone who pays attention to the news knows that a US Army sergeant went on a killing spree in southern Afghanistan on Sunday and murdered 16 civilians in cold blood, many of them women and children. But even … Continue reading →
Mitt Romney turns 65 today (not that there’s anything wrong with that). Whatever you think of his politics, a better-looking 65-year-old you’d be hard-pressed to find. Rick Santorum wished him a happy birthday. Sweet. And this Mother Jones editorial fellow’s … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of an older post. Thought you might enjoy it.] I used to play the cello. Well, perhaps “play” is too strong a word. I was chosen for the instrument (no, that’s not a typo; I … Continue reading →
Today my internet connection went down. I tried all the usual things: asking Comcast to refresh the signal, disconnecting and reconnecting the modem, calling and speaking to customer service. It was the latter that really got my goat. First the … Continue reading →
…to accept their fate. It’s Romney. Actually, his article is a pretty good indictment of the MSM’s propensity to move the goalposts where Romney is concerned, the better to have an exciting primary season: The fact that Romney is still … Continue reading →