Barney Frank writes asking Sean Bielat for his position on Social Security. Here’s Bielat’s impressive response. Guess Barney forgot that, although he’s a mere Marine, Bielat’s the possessor of a graduate degree from Harvard, too. [Hat tip: commenter “Scott.”]
Continue reading →Yesterday I attended the first day of a conference in Boston held by CAMERA, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (see this for the list of speakers). The usual crew of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian demonstrators was there, … Continue reading →
…, so why not I?” Joan Sutherland, Australian bel canto soprano, dead at 83. I’m neither an opera fan nor knowledgeable about the subject. But Sutherland was one of the first opera singers I ever saw or heard, back on … Continue reading →
New York candidate Carl Paladino proves just how politically incorrect he is when he made remarks critical of gays and gay marriage, provoking a firestorm of outrage. Paladino’s statement will probably lose him votes rather than gain them. Nor is … Continue reading →
Old tried and true Gap logo: New Gap logo for which the company probably paid a gazillion dollars: No one seems happy about it. As for me, I tend to be oblivious of logos in general. If you had asked … Continue reading →
Ouch. This must hurt.
Continue reading →I happened to have been looking back at some old threads last night, and I ran across this, from our sorely missed late commenter FredHJr, who has been gone now for over a year. It was written on April 1, … Continue reading →
Professor Harold Lewis has resigned from the American Physical Society in protest over AGW and how it has been treated by the organization. Lewis—who has been a member of the Society for sixty-seven years—doesn’t pull his punches: The giants no … Continue reading →
Ann Althouse reminds us that today is the 25th anniversary of the killing of wheelchair-bound Leon Klinghoffer by Palestinian terrorists. In honor of Klinghoffer and his family, I am linking to a previous post of mine on the subject of … Continue reading →
District Court Judge George C. Steeh has upheld the government’s right to force people to buy health insurance or face a hefty fine. But, as Randy Barnett writes at Volokh, this is just the first step on a long road … Continue reading →
I missed this poll when it first came out about two weeks ago, indicating that, although only 38% of respondents say that Obama should be re-elected, 65% still view him favorably “as a person.” My question is: why? I confess … Continue reading →
Not. Funny stuff.
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