I don’t get this Stanley Kurtz column at NRO. It seems to me he’s making an awful lot of assumptions without illustrating them, and assuming we share them. He says that those who dismiss the Democratic convention as “relatively meaningless” … Continue reading →
A while back commenter “steve” wrote: …seems to me the question is what is behind Romney’s unusual generosity. Is it altruism or is it enlightened self-interest or is it also a bit of a compulsion?…Motivation matters. Right there is fodder … Continue reading →
The exponential growth of I/me confusion is driving me nuts. You hear it everywhere: “She gave it to he and I.” “Thanks for helping my son and I.” In conversations casual and formal, in real life and on TV, the … Continue reading →
Conscience-stricken bot and friends: I as well as my guys were found to be taking note of the best thoughts on your website and the sudden came up with a horrible feeling I never expressed respect to the website owner … Continue reading →
I’ve got a new article up at PJ entitled “Reagan’s children: new Republican leaders hail from blue states.” Enjoy.
Continue reading →The anti-Obama wave continues, this time with a new book (ABC’s description here) by Bob Woodward entitled The Price of Politics and due to come out on September 11. It focuses on the Obama administration’s attempts to deal with the … Continue reading →
It seemed to me Obama’s basic message last night was, You really can’t expect me to have figured this out in a mere four years, can you? I mean well (as opposed to the Republicans, who are just mean). So … Continue reading →
…feel free to discuss them here. I’ve listened to a few minutes of Biden, and it’s a few minutes too many for me. It’s really a cult of personality, isn’t it? What a hero, what a rescuer, that Barack Obama … Continue reading →
They said it couldn’t be done. But hey, I’m a can-do person. So here, at commenter Gringo’s behest, is a post on ballet and jello. Helped out by the remarkably resourceful and inventive act of Googling the words “ballet jello,” … Continue reading →
I was astounded to read this portrait of Obama that appeared in last Sunday’s NY Times magazine section. There’s plenty about how smart he is, and what a hard-driving perfectionist, but does the Times really think this sort of thing … Continue reading →
Although I didn’t plan to watch the Democratic Convention, I ended up overhearing a large portion of Bill Clinton’s speech last night. I was at the home of some Democrats; the TV was on in the background, and of course … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse notes that Walter Russell Mead has closed comments on his blog with the following explanation: To make the comments section work in its present form we would have to edit and curate much more aggressively than we do … Continue reading →