In the comments section of this thread from a while back, a number of people praised the old Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals, and especially the charms of amateur productions. I’m in complete agreement. The librettos may be outdated in many … Continue reading →
Remember Reagan’s eleventh commandment, “Thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican?” This year the interminable debate format and the large size of the field has made it almost inevitable that just about everybody’s been violating it, and it … Continue reading →
…chocolate-covered jalapenos? Don’t think so. But correct me if I’m wrong.
Continue reading →Congress finally does something worthwhile, giving the incandescent light bulb we all know and love a stay of execution: The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban … Continue reading →
The fact that Christopher Hitchens’ death has long been expected doesn’t make it any easier to see it announced. I disagreed with him nearly as often as I agreed with him. But he was a writer of inimitable style and … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →I’ve never thought of Sarkozy and Obama as being similar. But an article about the former in the December 12 New Yorker contained a paragraph that, although about Sarkozy, could just as easily apply to the present attitude of a … Continue reading →
Here’s how to retard the growth of wrinkles, for all of you folks of a certain age, or those of you who plan someday to be of a certain age and want to prepare yourselves. Strangely enough, I already do … Continue reading →
Is Newt’s star of the mere shooting variety, like the short-lived ascendancies of Bachmann and Perry and Cain before him? One would think so, from today’s editorials in the Washington Examiner and the National Review. The first comes right out … Continue reading →
Here’s an article about certain foods many people hate, and why. Among them are some of my favorites: cilantro, for example, which I fell in love with the first time I ever tasted it, some time in my twenties (“where … Continue reading →
I wonder what important things Obama thinks he’s doing for the people at this point, and what important things he plans to do for them/us in a second term: I also wonder why he and Michelle are so down on … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ann Althouse.] Excerpt by Peter Gnedich, “Memories,” from The Book of Life (1922): Lev Tolstoy sincerely loved Chekhov, but did not like his plays. He told Chekhov once, “A playwright should take the theater-goer by the hand, and … Continue reading →