One of the things that most fascinates me here (aside from the obvious virtuosity of Horowitz’s flying fingers) is the remote quality of his face. It’s as though he is observing his fingers from a greater distance than usually separates … Continue reading →
…for this abominable act.
Continue reading →Ronald Brownstein thinks that the recent ten-year stretch—the one that’s been going on since 9/11—is the worst America’s been through since the Civil War and then the Great Depression. I disagree. I think that the decade beginning some time in … Continue reading →
Now here’s a wedding: This Sunday, David Lauren, son of legendary designer Ralph Lauren, and Lauren Bush, granddaughter of President George H.W. and niece of President George W., will join forces in holy matrimony. One of the burning questions that … Continue reading →
On body perception and the brain: This phenomenon doesn’t surprise me in the least. After my arm surgery, when my right elbow was frozen for a long time, I lost some of the sense that the arm belonged to me. … Continue reading →
Fannie and Freddie cry innocent over their investment in bad mortgage securities; it’s the big bad bankers’ fault! And now it’s time for the government to sue: The federal agency that oversees the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac … Continue reading →
Throughout this WaPo article, illegal aliens are referred to as “undocumented workers.” Has this become official WaPo policy? If so, it’s evidence of the further decline of the American MSM (as if we needed any), and of theWaPo’s contribution to … Continue reading →
Ann Coulter is never one to shy away from stating the controversial, and this article of hers is no exception. She points out that, far from being a perfect theory, evolution does indeed have “gaps,” just as Rick Perry said … Continue reading →
Bicker, bicker, bicker. Obama’s speech vs. the Republican candidates’ debates: doesn’t this sort of thing seem rather juvenile? And in fact, doesn’t the entire tenor of DC seem to have grown not only more nasty but more junior high? Is … Continue reading →
First there were the troubles with Obama’s aunt. Now there’s her brother, Obama’s uncle, arrested for drunk driving and facing deportation after having lived here illegally for 50 years (last time he was ordered deported, it was 1992). I was … Continue reading →
Yesterday I commented on a letter that president Obama wrote back in his days as Harvard Law Review president at Harvard. My post was mostly about Obama’s grammar, but the subject matter of his letter was affirmative action. Here’s what … Continue reading →
Andre Carson, Representative (D) from Indiana and member of the Congressional Black Caucus, must think that the call for less incendiary rhetoric was for ye and not for he: [Carson] said at a CBC event in Miami that some in … Continue reading →