The rapper with a Jewish soul
Talk about changers!
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The liberal explanation for what went wrong this election
Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker details how voting for Obama’s agenda did in the House Democrats this election cycle. And then he concludes they should have done more of the same. Yes, they should have pressed ahead and passed … Continue reading →
Post-election, it’s not all sweetness and light with the Republicans
Fiscal austerity was promised. Fiscal austerity is needed. But fiscal austerity is hard, or it would have been done earlier. Problem is, it may be good on the macro level, but it’s seen as bad on the micro level, because … Continue reading →
Marilyn Monroe’s stuffing
I kid you not.
Continue reading →Eat Twinkies, be happy, and lose that weight?
Mark Haub, professor of nutrition at Kansas State, gets my vote as intrepid truthteller of the month, maybe the year. Despite every fiber of his being protesting against some of the results of his experiment in junk food dieting, he … Continue reading →
Putting the brakes on Obama
President Obama may have wanted the Republicans to sit in the back of the car, but the voters have now plunked the Republicans right next to Obama, up in the front seat. And the car they are driving is like … Continue reading →
Rubio rising
Stephen F. Hayes calls Marco Rubio “the most important freshman senator” in this Weekly Standard article. Rubio not only won handily in Florida, he also gave a great and widely-admired acceptance speech. He’s one of the rising stars of the … Continue reading →
More about those state legislature flips
Since last week’s election, we’ve been reading the good news that a great many state legislatures flipped to the Republican side. I even wrote a post about it last Saturday. But still, I had no idea how dramatic the changes … Continue reading →
Spilling the beans on Obama
Now it can be told. It seems that Obama isn’t quite as politically savvy—even within his own party—as he was once thought to be.
Continue reading →Nicholas Brothers addendum: art and PC purity
For those of you who read and enjoyed last Saturday’s post on tap dancing, and especially the clips of the Nicholas Brothers, here are some additional nuggets of interest: (1) The brothers were the children of vaudevillians, and never had … Continue reading →
Even the Times wants Pelosi to quit—but why?
Pelosi is toxic for the Democrats. I don’t care how much money she raises; her retention as the Democrats’ House leader would send a strong message—and function as a constant reminder—that the Democrats don’t hear what the people are saying, … Continue reading →
Obama’s Gandhi
Commenter “expat” points us to this article about Obama’s constant references to and reverence for Gandhi, expressed during his Indian visit, and the fact that this isn’t exactly reassuring to the present-day Indian government and business leaders. Obama is many … Continue reading →