Recommended reading
If you’re looking for something to do this lovely fall weekend, here’s some interesting reading. Also this, in case you missed it earlier.
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Madame Roseanne Robespierre…
…says “off with their heads!” Or maybe it’s the Queen of Hearts Roseanne’s channeling. Which one you think it is may depend on whether you find Ms. Barr amusing or not. She certainly doesn’t seem to be making a joke … Continue reading →
Churchill/Christie: the visuals
Gerard Vanderleun of American Digest has offered this teaching aid in response to my piece on criticism of Christie’s girth. I thought it merited a post of its own:
Continue reading →Want to buy an island in the Bronx?
With views, yet? This guy’s got one to sell you: The property is to be sold starting at 1 p.m. Sunday by Alex Lyon & Son, which announced the sale with this pitch: “Build your dream home with 360 degree … Continue reading →
Was it legal to kill al-Awlaki?
Was it legal to kill al-Awlaki without due process, courtesy of drone? Some will say “who cares? Good riddance.” But they are ignoring the importance of the issue and the possible danger of the precedent, while those who question the … Continue reading →
Buffett opines on the Buffett rule
Buffett isn’t so sure he likes the Buffett rule, although he’s still sure he likes Obama. Nor is he all that certain that he knows how Obama plans to define it. This is the Buffett rule as Buffett now says … Continue reading →
A rare confluence: Jonathan Chait and I…
…agree about fat guy Chris Christie, and those who criticize him for being endowed with excess adipose. In Chait’s article he refers the reader to this book, The Obesity Myth. I haven’t read it, but I’m familiar with the genre. … Continue reading →
I suppose…
…this reality show was inevitable. See this for an earlier discussion of related issues (boy, is that a pun!—and a double pun at that). [Hat tip: Althouse.]
Continue reading →Unhappy anniversary: Munich
It’s been 73 years to the day that the Munich Pact was signed (on September 30, although it was post-dated September 29), ceding the Sudetenland to Hitler and giving appeasement a bad name. No, I don’t have the date memorized; … Continue reading →
Right on schedule…
…here come the “Christie’s too fat to be president” articles (here and here). From the latter: Unfortunately, the symbolism of Christie’s weight problem goes way past the issue of obesity itself. It is just a too-perfect symbol of our country … Continue reading →
Another al Qaeda terrorist…
…killed. And by the same unit that got Bin Laden. This time it was the American-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. He apparently was the power behind the Christmas bomber (otherwise known as the underwear bomber), and “inspired” the 2010 Times Square … Continue reading →
Rating the bad fast food restaurants
This guy says Subway’s is the worst. And I’m glad to see my new personal favorite for best, Jack in the Box, doesn’t make the bad restaurant cut. Plus I have to say that I’ve never eaten at most of … Continue reading →