Oh, boy
Rumor has it that Bristol Palin will be appearing on this season’s “Dancing With the Stars.” The burning question is: will Andrew Sullivan watch?
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November 2010 prognostications
All signs are that the majority in the House will change hands in November, although it’s best to advise against premature chicken-counting; Republicans are known for their ability to disappoint. And then, of course, there’s always the question of what … Continue reading →
Parents and college freshmen: the long goodbye
Colleges are increasingly feeling the need to gently nudge parents of incoming freshman to take their leave of the campus, lest the older generation take up residence more permanently there, the better to breathe down the necks of their offspring. … Continue reading →
The Alaska Republican Senate primary results
Uncertain. But it is clear that Miller might just be the winner, although the final results won’t be known for about a week.. And another thing that’s clear is that Sarah Palin can really pick em. At least so far. … Continue reading →
Tiger Woods’s ex-wife Elin Nordegren speaks…
…and she divulges that: …[She] was as surprised as most of the rest of the world that the persona Woods put forth ”“ dedicated competitor, family man ”“ was a carefully constructed sham. “I’m so embarassed that I never suspected … Continue reading →
Learning more about HCR
Ah yes, we’re learning ever more about the wonders of the health care reform bill. Now it’s college students’ health insurance policies that are imperiled. Sweet.
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I was talking to a friend the other day and the word “scurry” came up, as in “we’ve got to scurry out of here.” I joked that a better word would be “skedaddle,” and maybe even “scoot” or “scram.” And … Continue reading →
Boehner calls for firing of Obama’s economic team
Boehner is grandstanding here, IMHO. Not gonna happen—although if they had any integrity, they would have voluntarily resigned long ago. And even if it did happen—who would replace them? I can’t imagine it would be an improvement. No, the fish … Continue reading →
Maine and New Hampshire diverge
Amity Shlaes, author of The Forgotten Man—a book about the Great Depression—applies herself to the economic differences between Maine and New Hampshire today. As a New Englander, I know these two states (and Vermont and Massachusetts and Connecticut and Rhode … Continue reading →
Richard Fernandez on the professional left
Brilliant, as usual: The professional structure of the Left eventually creates a common organizational culture. One of the reasons that the Left does so well working with foreign intelligence agencies, Islamic extremists and even criminal syndicates and crooked unions is … Continue reading →
How low can Obama go?
Pretty darn low. But not low enough, IMHO. Not near low enough. Then again, there’s this report from The Anchoress: One of my husband’s friends–”“hated Bush, loved Obama and defended him vociferously for the first year, less passionately the second”“–told … Continue reading →
The real “metastasized anti-Semitism”
Daisy Kahn, one of the developers of the 9/11 mosque, had this to say in an interview yesterday: Khan said she believed the project would be built. “Of course, it has to go ahead,” she said. “There’s so much at … Continue reading →