There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio…
…than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
Continue reading →neo
I’ve got an idea for the 2012 presidential election
Since “generic Republican” has been doing so well against Obama, can we just skip the Republican convention and say the nominee will be “a player to be named later?”
Continue reading →Tina Brown channels Princess Diana
One of the few benefits—perhaps the only benefit—of dying young and beautiful is that no one ever gets to see your looks fade or the effects of gravity on your epidermis. Princess Diana, for example, died almost fourteen years ago … Continue reading →
More on the American family’s decline
While Americans mull over the passage of a gay marriage law in New York, the decline of the American family and the institution of marriage among heterosexuals—especially less-educated ones—continues, as chronicled in this recent Weekly Standard article by Mitch Pearlstein. … Continue reading →
Full court press on Michele Bachmann
Hold the presses! The news is that Michele Bachmann won’t ever be able to get a job teaching American history. Neither will Obama. But of course that’s not important, and Bachmann is.
Continue reading →Separated at birth: Mandy Patinkin and Pinchas Zukerman?
They’re both musical; Patinkin is a singer and Broadway actor and Zukerman a famous classical violinist. They’re both Jewish, although Patinkin was born in this country and Zukerman is the Israeli son of Holocaust survivors. But their marital history diverges, … Continue reading →
Will Rick Perry…
…be our next president?
Continue reading →TSA security: searching grandma’s diaper
There must be a better way to protect us than this: Jean Weber of Destin filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security after her 95-year-old mother was detained and extensively searched last Saturday while trying to board a … Continue reading →
I guess it turns out…
…that it’s Jon Stewart who’s misinformed.
Continue reading →The second anniversary of FredHjr’s death
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a post I wrote last year.] It hardly seems possible that two years have now passed since the tragic and untimely death of FredHJr, one of the most memorable and prolific commenters … Continue reading →
Hugo Chavez…
…may not be coming down for dinner.
Continue reading →Gay marriage: as New York goes, so goes…
…the nation? New York has legalized gay marriage in the best way possible: at the state level, by legislation, and with exemptions for “religious organizations to refuse to perform services or lend space for same-sex weddings.” This is far better … Continue reading →