The disapproving polls haven’t budged. Familiarity has not made the heart grow fonder. Some people hate the bill because it’s not liberal enough (mostly women, it turns out), but they are far outnumbered by those who hate it for the … Continue reading →
Those of you who are below a certain age may wonder what all the fuss was about. Now that Elizabeth Taylor has died of heart failure at 79, it’s almost hard to remember what a huge celebrity she was. She … Continue reading →
I keep asking the question—and this article asks it, too. Unfortunately, the answer is: we haven’t a clue. [ADDENDUM: Brian Fairchild says that we do know the answer, and it’s not a pretty one.]
Continue reading →Lincoln? Princess Diana? Elvis? It’s a joke of a question, so easy almost no one could miss the answer. And yet some of the sample questions on Newsweek’s citizen quiz were just about as easy, and an astounding number of … Continue reading →
…to that nuclear meltdown?
Continue reading →It used to be fairly easy to determine why the US decided to intervene in conflicts in the third world. Whether a person agreed with such actions or supported a more isolationist policy, the answer to the question “why?” was … Continue reading →
David Warren isn’t exactly a fan of the intervention in Libya. However, he provides an answer (but is it true?) to my oft-repeated question about who the Libyan “rebels” might be: …[I]n point of fact, the most promising internal opponents … Continue reading →
This AP article just may be the stupidest article on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami that I’ve read so far. Anyone who never realized that industrialized, organized, complex nations are most vulnerable of all to such threats simply does not … Continue reading →
…he’s getting deeper and deeper into it. Pretty soon he may realize he’s gone too far and there’s no turning back.
Continue reading →[I’ll bump this up just a time or two more, and then it will be retired for a while.] It’s that time again. Don’t feel too bad if you decide not to click on that Paypal “donate” button (hint hint: … Continue reading →
Here’s a very interesting article from Lee Stranahan, a liberal who’s starting—just starting—to get the picture. I’m not sure how far he’ll go with his change experience, but at the moment he is surprised and perturbed that the liberal media … Continue reading →
Here’s another excellent Crichton speech, well worth reading. [Hat tip: commenter “IgotBupkis.”]
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