It’s easy to make fun of NY Mayor Bloomberg’s plans to ban super-sized sugary drinks (over 16 ounces, over 25 calories) from the city. But it’s really not funny; that’s how tyranny begins—for your own good, of course. Bloomberg knows … Continue reading →
…that he knows how to be an alpha male. Romney has a rather gentle, smiling demeanor, which some read as phony, some read as meek, some read as both. But I detect an iron fist in that velvet glove. That’s … Continue reading →
I’ve read several articles about how the evil Republicans are purging the voter ranks in Florida at the eleventh hour in order to get rid of as many Democrats as possible, complete with egregious examples such as that of “Bill … Continue reading →
…gives Obama a searing history lesson. I’ve rarely seen Frum so angry. And Andrew Sullivan (known far and wide for his own calm rationality) is nonplussed at what he calls Frum’s hyperventilation: No, this was quite obviously a speechwriter’s fault, … Continue reading →
…(and we were, at least sort of) did you know that some of his best friends are? And that he thinks he knows more about Judaism than any past president, because he read about it? By the way, at the … Continue reading →
By now you probably know that Obama has committed another huge boo-boo: he has managed to outrage the Poles by referring to a Nazi death camp in Poland as a “Polish death camp.” The occasion was some scripted remarks during … Continue reading →
Last October I wrote a post about former Congressman Artur Davis, Democrat of Alabama, which ended with this sentence: If Davis keeps paying attention, he may discover a lot more out there that’s chilling””and a large proportion of his cold … Continue reading →
…had nothing on this story.
Continue reading →…for some cuteness? I am:
Continue reading →I’m going to go on record here as saying that I think this will turn out to be a false confession. Unfortunately—because it would be a good thing if this terrible and tragic mystery of over three-decades duration were to … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Like yesterday’s post, this rumination was sparked by Martin Amis’ book Koba the Dread.] Here’s a tragic quote about political change, from Dmitri Volkogonov, a man who wrote biographies of Stalin, Lenin, and Trotsky: “Perhaps the only thing I … Continue reading →
You be the judge. Here’s actress Brenda Marshall (for many years William Holden’s wife): And here’s actress Geena Davis: I rest my case.
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