More Kafka
Wow.
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A few more thoughts on Sherrod and racism
Thinking more about the larger context of Sherrold’s remarks, I will add: (1) I am heartily sick and tired of the racism thought police on either side. (2) Let us take as a given that members of all races and … Continue reading →
Lanny Davis pleads for the Democrats to reset to center
Lanny Davis would like the Democrats to retreat from their leftward march and return to the center. It is not completely clear whether he thinks this should happen because it would be good for the country, or whether he believes … Continue reading →
Breitbart on Breitbart
One thing you can say about the Shirley Sherrold flap is that it sure has gotten Andrew Breitbart some attention. Actually, he’s gotten quite a bit of it ever since Obama took office. Breitbart is one of the few on … Continue reading →
Is there a racist in the audience?
Re the Shirley Sherrod video, commenter “cm” remarks: i thought the point of the video was showing the reaction of the audience (naacp ppl) when she mentioned not helping the white farmer. they laughed and said amen at this point … Continue reading →
Oakland’s well-paid police
Why is Oakland having to cut back on its police services, to the point of not responding to forty-four categories of crime, including grand theft? As Josh Barro writes, it depends on what the meaning of “afford” is: At current … Continue reading →
On Shirley Sherrod and Breitbart…
…my position so far is pretty much what Jonah Goldberg said. Disclaimer: I haven’t actually watched the longer video in question, just the edited one. But when I see a host of respected writers on the right claiming that Breitbart … Continue reading →
Yeah, so journalism is a vast left-wing conspiracy—so what else is new?
The big ruckus in the blogosphere today is that Journolist reporters conspired to downplay the Reverend Wright/Obama story during the campaign, and to attack and impugn anyone who didn’t play the same game. It is shocking, but unsurprising to those … Continue reading →
Wondering about the book in the masthead photo?
A number of people have told me they’re stumped by the title of one of the books in my masthead photo. They can see that the red one on the bottom is The Last Lion, the Churchill biography by William … Continue reading →
The real fascism
“Fascist” is a word that’s too freely thrown around and too widely misunderstood. But this article makes a persuasive case that it can rightly be applied to President Obama.
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Gabriel Malor at Ace informs us that the movie “The Sorceror’s Apprentice” is “the lastest Disney and Nic Cage bomb,” which prompts me to observe that Nicholas Cage is the most talentless major film actor I’ve ever seen, a man … Continue reading →
As we learn more about Obamacare…
…it gets worse and worse, and the misrepresentations become ever more clear. Although I must say that none of it is a surprise.
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