Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Alvin Greene…
…it does.
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When will politicians learn…
…that Facebook and Twitter and all that internet stuff constitutes a public record? Tim Horrigan, the second New Hampshire state public figure in the Democratic Party to publicly joke about Sarah Palin dying in a plane crash, has tendered his … Continue reading →
Again…
…with the vacations.
Continue reading →Race is everything, saith the left
The following is quite a comment, gleaned from a thread at the New Republic, and written by “12alainu.” I highlight it here because it is a good example of the persistence on the left of the reductionist racialist explanation for … Continue reading →
Islam, religion of peace
Douglas Murray doesn’t think so.
Continue reading →Gibbs, Obama, and the left
I notice that Robert Gibbs hasn’t done the full mea culpa for his criticism of the “professional left” the other day. In his latest encounter with the press, he lets us know why: “[Q]What do you say to progressives who, … Continue reading →
Baby bumps
Is anyone else annoyed by the recurrent newish phrase “baby bump” to refer to a pregnancy, especially involving a celebrity starlet? Having been pregnant, I have to say it’s a lot more than a bump. And the phrase “baby bump” … Continue reading →
Miscegenation laws and Perry v. Schwarzenegger
I’d like to tackle this question raised by a commenter at the law blog Volokh: …[H]ow is opposing legalization of same-sex marriage today different from opposing the legalization of interracial marriage back [in the 1960s in the Loving vs Virginia … Continue reading →
Hiroshima revisionism
August 6th was the 65th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, and I recycled this piece for the occasion. It ended with these words: It’s much harder to convince a WWII vet that Hiroshima was an … Continue reading →
It is worthy of note…
…when it’s considered worthy of note that a primary candidate endorsed by the president of the United States actually manages to win the primary.
Continue reading →I think the WaPo’s Dana Milbank…
…may have just called President Obama “boy”. Take a look at the last sentence of Milbank’s column to see what I’m talking about. [Hat tip: Ace.]
Continue reading →Purists, changers, and elections
In this recent post, I highlighted some WaPo comments from a guy who calls himself “sayoung809132001,” who claims to be a former Democrat union man from Michigan who got laid off and is currently unemployed. The whole experience has led … Continue reading →