Take a look at this photo of dancer Isadora Duncan and see how powerful it is. I challenge you to find anything remotely like it in a contemporary dancer. But then, Duncan was sui generis even in her time, or … Continue reading →
It’s not just a committee that’s “running” the Libyan excursion, it’s an international committee. Not only that, but Professor Obama is refusing the chairmanship, as Charles Krauthammer points out: And as for the United States, who knows what American policy … Continue reading →
Here’s an example of what seems to qualify as reporting from Japan about the nuclear reactor these days. It was the featured story when I went to my yahoo email, which means it’s getting huge coverage. The gist of it … Continue reading →
This is pretty shocking. It’s not just that the air traffic controller may have been asleep or inattentive. It’s that there was only one on duty in the first place at a busy airport in such a large urban area.
Continue reading →Brent Budowsky used to think highly of Obama. And he would like to think highly of him again. But right now Budowsky’s tired of Obama’s disengaged style. Very very tired: Obama’s governing style is to remain as distant as possible, … Continue reading →
We’ve been hearing a lot about radioactive water in Japan: dangerous for babies, thyroid cancer. What parent wouldn’t be panicked? Almost nowhere do we read answers to the following rather mundane and obvious questions: how are the standards for levels … Continue reading →
Lee Stranahan’s change-story-in-the-making has garnered a certain amount of attention lately around the blogosphere, including a post at Ace’s that has inspired a number of people to write about their own political change. That comments thread caught my eye for … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →The disapproving polls haven’t budged. Familiarity has not made the heart grow fonder. Some people hate the bill because it’s not liberal enough (mostly women, it turns out), but they are far outnumbered by those who hate it for the … Continue reading →
Those of you who are below a certain age may wonder what all the fuss was about. Now that Elizabeth Taylor has died of heart failure at 79, it’s almost hard to remember what a huge celebrity she was. She … Continue reading →
I keep asking the question—and this article asks it, too. Unfortunately, the answer is: we haven’t a clue. [ADDENDUM: Brian Fairchild says that we do know the answer, and it’s not a pretty one.]
Continue reading →Lincoln? Princess Diana? Elvis? It’s a joke of a question, so easy almost no one could miss the answer. And yet some of the sample questions on Newsweek’s citizen quiz were just about as easy, and an astounding number of … Continue reading →