When Obama was nominated and elected, one of the big deals was that he was the first African-American in that position. And that really was a big deal, given our racial history, and despite the fact that his black ancestry … Continue reading →
Wow! Can you believe that Claudia Schiffer, who first burst on the scene as a model in 1989, still can sell the goods? At the mindbogglingly ancient age of—41? I hate to break it to Shine and all the others … Continue reading →
…die young. Some die older but not really old. I think of them as the advance guard. One was Levon Helm: RIP. [Hat tip: American Digest.]
Continue reading →It’s easy to concentrate on the election here and miss what’s happening in Europe, such as, for example, Sarkozy’s threatened ousting in the impending French election by socialist challenger Hollande. It’s all about the economy, stupid: With the highest joblessness … Continue reading →
…are so much worse than polygamous Muslim ancestors. Or something like that. (You’ll have to read the link to understand what I’m talking about.)
Continue reading →Noted liberal law professor and pundit Alan Dershowitz has not taken up the PC line in the Zimmerman case. Au contraire. Something about prosecutor Angela Corey’s behavior has really gotten his goat, as was evident in this video. Now Dershowitz … Continue reading →
Horrors! Could it be that a pattern is emerging?: Nearly three decades ago, Mitt Romney left his office on a Friday afternoon, gathered his wife and kids in the family station wagon and drove out to spend the weekend at … Continue reading →
…everything looks like a nail. To the race-obsessed, everything looks like racism. Or, even if it doesn’t, they’ll pretend it does. But that’s gotten very, very old. I got curious about the origins of the hammer/nail phrase, and I discovered … Continue reading →
Here’s a study that purports to indicate that people get more religious over time: Belief in God is highest among older people and increases with age, perhaps due to the growing realization that death is coming closer, University of Chicago … Continue reading →
My new article, “Branding Retro Romney,” is up at PJ. It’s about the perils of casting Mitt Romney in the “Mad Men” role, as the Obama administration has been wont to do. You can comment there or here, or better … Continue reading →
I haven’t written much about the story of the partying Secret Service agents and the prostitutes, because what is there to say? It’s obvious that something went very, very wrong in either the Secret Service recruitment process, training process, vetting … Continue reading →
It continues. Obama pointed out to an audience at a community college in Ohio that, ““I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.” The jokes come to mine (“no, you were born with a furry paw in your … Continue reading →