Ever since Romney picked Paul Ryan as his VP, there’s been an awful lot of even-stranger-than-usual stuff coming from the mouths/pens/computers of Democrats. One of the oddest is a column by Maureen Dowd, which basically says that Ryan shouldn’t look … Continue reading →
…we cannot lead the world in the 20th century in making automobiles?” asks Joe Biden. Nowhere, Joe, nowhere—because history tells us that we did do just that. Only problem is, it’s the 21st century now. I actually have some sympathy … Continue reading →
I have absolutely no way of knowing whether this is true, and I take everything campaign aides say with a grain of salt. But if true, it’s exceedingly interesting [emphasis mine]: The Republican presidential candidate lit into his White House … Continue reading →
I had never heard of chemist Fritz Haber until a couple of days ago, when I watched a TV dramatization of his story that was so melodramatic that I thought it was surely an exaggeration. But surprisingly, when I looked … Continue reading →
…still think Romney’s not a fighter? I don’t often say “I told you so,” but I can’t resist this time (see the last paragraph of this post, as well as paragraphs 4-6 here). I don’t know whether Romney will win, … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ace.] This is pretty funny, despite the obligatory Palin/Quayle-bashing, the kneejerk assumption that Ryan’s politics don’t really make sense, and the reference (not excerpted here) to Ryan’s being very white: It’s okay to admit it. You’re frightened to … Continue reading →
Olympian Michael Phelps pees in the pool. And he says everybody does it, too. But the survey from the WSJ article indicates that everybody doesn’t—or at least, they don’t own up to it, because 37.7% of respondents say they never … Continue reading →
Get ready to hear a lot of this sort of thing: “Paul Ryan’s plan would ELIMINATE MEDICARE as we know it.” The words “eliminate Medicare” will be said with great emphasis, and the phrase “as we know it” will be … Continue reading →
He’s exceptionally young: 42. He didn’t go to an Ivy League school. He’s not a lawyer. (Those last two are a refreshing change.) But he’s married to one—that is, to a former lawyer who’s now a stay-at-home mother. And like … Continue reading →
…(big drum roll) Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. And of course, right on schedule with hardly a pause for breath, the attacks begin (my impression is that there used to be a little grace period for the new nominee, but maybe … Continue reading →
From Martin Amis’s book Koba the Dread: …[T]orture, among its other applications, was part of Stalin’s war against the truth. He tortured, not to force you to reveal a fact, but to force you to collude in a fiction. And … Continue reading →
I am getting really, really, really sick of this sort of excuse/explanation: “The problem [of plagiarism] is as old as journalism,” says Stephen Ward, director of the Center for Media Ethics at the University of Wisconsin. “It’s a systemic issue, … Continue reading →