The details of Lara Logan’s terrible treatment at the hands of an Egptian mob emerge, and they are about what one would have thought from previous accounts: She was ripped away from her producer and bodyguard by a group of … Continue reading →
Yeah, I know. It’s fluff. Or, as Obama would say: silly. We’ve got more important stuff to do. But still, I had quite a bit of fun last night watching it. After having assiduously ignored the impending royal wedding and … Continue reading →
Phoebe Snow has died. For those of you who might not be familiar with her, she was a young phenom in the 70s, a singer/songwriter with a uniquely bluesy style. Her life was not an easy one; a hydrocephalic daughter … Continue reading →
We still don’t really know who those Libyan rebels although we’re supporting them. But this article takes a stab at telling us something a bit easier to ascertain: who the Qaddafi loyalists might be.
Continue reading →It began early in the Obama campaign. The way it went was this: Obama would make predictions about his opponents and insinuate their criticism of him would inevitably have racist roots (they’ll say “he doesn’t look like all those other … Continue reading →
Racism is so hard to find these days that it must be embedded, hidden, covert, indirect—that is, “coded.” So of course Donald Trump—who is many things, including a self-serving, narcissistic, publicity-hound—is of course a coded racist for questioning Barack Obama’s … Continue reading →
Well, Trump smoked it out: Obama’s long birth certificate finally sees the light of day. Why did it take so long? Simple. Prior to this, Obama felt that secrecy was to his advantage. The controversy merely made his foes look … Continue reading →
Ballet specializes in transformations. After all, it changes the human body from a lumbering earthbound thing into an ethereal yet steely and gravity-defying, lighter-than-air, transporter of the audience into realms of beauty and transcendence. Yes, it can be corny, especially … Continue reading →
Commenter “Daniel in Brookline” calls Trump a gadfly. It’s a word I’ve thought of often in connection with him and the Obama presidency, one that was originally used by Socrates to describe himself. Here’s an explanation of what Socrates meant … Continue reading →
So far, to know the HCR bill is to not love it. Case in point. Remember when:
Continue reading →In the summer of 1978 I traveled to Europe. My first stop was London, a place I’d never visited before. I was surprised at some things I found there. One was that in July the weather was really nice—sunny and … Continue reading →
Happy Easter to all my celebratory Christian readers, and to all those who just enjoy the holiday as well! One year when my son was little, I spent the week prior to Easter blowing out eggs and dying them. Now … Continue reading →