It’s been thirty years since President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, and this piece contains some interesting and previously unknown facts about the incident, including how very close Reagan came to dying. His Secret Service agent that day, Jerry … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Taylor gets the last laugh.
Continue reading →There is a famous quote from Lenin that shows a remarkable understanding of the West: The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them. Lenin was talking about the urge to do business. And of course … Continue reading →
This kind of Georgian, and this sort of knife: I don’t know which seems more dangerous, the leaping up and crashing down on the knees, or the throwing of the daggers. I do know, however, that I agree wholeheartedly with … Continue reading →
…Qaddifi didn’t get his money’s worth.
Continue reading →Take a look at this photo of dancer Isadora Duncan and see how powerful it is. I challenge you to find anything remotely like it in a contemporary dancer. But then, Duncan was sui generis even in her time, or … Continue reading →
It’s not just a committee that’s “running” the Libyan excursion, it’s an international committee. Not only that, but Professor Obama is refusing the chairmanship, as Charles Krauthammer points out: And as for the United States, who knows what American policy … Continue reading →
Here’s an example of what seems to qualify as reporting from Japan about the nuclear reactor these days. It was the featured story when I went to my yahoo email, which means it’s getting huge coverage. The gist of it … Continue reading →
This is pretty shocking. It’s not just that the air traffic controller may have been asleep or inattentive. It’s that there was only one on duty in the first place at a busy airport in such a large urban area.
Continue reading →Brent Budowsky used to think highly of Obama. And he would like to think highly of him again. But right now Budowsky’s tired of Obama’s disengaged style. Very very tired: Obama’s governing style is to remain as distant as possible, … Continue reading →
We’ve been hearing a lot about radioactive water in Japan: dangerous for babies, thyroid cancer. What parent wouldn’t be panicked? Almost nowhere do we read answers to the following rather mundane and obvious questions: how are the standards for levels … Continue reading →
Lee Stranahan’s change-story-in-the-making has garnered a certain amount of attention lately around the blogosphere, including a post at Ace’s that has inspired a number of people to write about their own political change. That comments thread caught my eye for … Continue reading →