Spambot of the day
A bot in praise of you guys–keep up the good work!: I’m just really impressed because there is not any worthless comments on your blog as there is on the majority of sites on the web today.
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Edna St. Vincent Millay, political changer
Perhaps you’ve heard of Edna St. Vincent Millay. She was a lyric poet of great renown during the 1920s and until her death in 1950, known mostly for her sonnets. Her fame as a poet was of a magnitude difficult … Continue reading →
Obama’s playing 3-D chess again
You may not have noticed it, but Obama’s tepid SOTU speech was actually a cunning trap cleverly set for his enemies, according to Ed Kilgore in TNR. Did you think it boring and devoid of good ideas, re-circulating tired slogans … Continue reading →
Settle in for the SOTU
It’s showtime! Talk amongst yourselves. [ADDENDUM: It’s over, so now I could turn on my TV. Watching Fox afterward, I heard Krauthammer—who sometimes praises Obama highly—say it was “flat” and “uninspired.” That’s certainly how I feel about most SOTU speeches. … Continue reading →
Does Obama read Sowell?
I wonder. Ann Althouse highlights a few hyprocrisies in what purports to be Obama’s leaked SOTU address, as well as this upbeat reference: What we can do ”“ what America does better than anyone ”“ is spark the creativity and … Continue reading →
It’s a nice day for a…
…literal video. The best ones seem to take off from originals made in the 80s, the Golden Age of ridiculous rock videos:
Continue reading →SOTU: Obama the centrist
I have little doubt which Obama will be on display tonight in the SOTU speech. Gone is the crusading leftist. He went as far as he could in that direction, and the American people wised up to his act. Now, … Continue reading →
Have you noticed…
…a rash of articles lately saying Obama is riding high, and will be hard to beat in 2012?
Continue reading →Palin and the battle for feminism
Kay Hymowitz has written an excellent piece for City Journal explaining one of the linchpins of female rage at Palin from the left: she is seen as a traitor to feminism. Although this may seem paradoxical, since Palin is a … Continue reading →
Rahm…
…hits a speed bump.
Continue reading →Terrorist attack at Moscow’s airport
Although no one is officially saying it yet, today’s bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo airport that killed 35 people and wounded scores of others was almost certainly the work of terrorist suicide bombers from the northern Causcasus region of Chechnya and/or … Continue reading →
RIP Jack Lalanne
Here’s the proof (as if we needed any) that death comes to all: Jack Lalanne, pioneering fitness guru, has died at 96 of pneumonia. Jack in his youth, at the age of 94: “The good old days are this second.”
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