David Brooks…
…dreams of the Obama he fell in love with many moons ago, the one that doesn’t exist and never did.
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Slow news…
…is good news. Have you noticed that for the last couple of weeks there’s been a lull in the news? This often happens in August. Congress is on recess, and can’t do much mischief. People are on vacation—and that has … Continue reading →
It’s a free country!
Back when I was a child, there were a few choice phrases that were in every kid’s repertoire of snappy repartee. The first was the all-purpose sarcastic, “Har de har har har” (already discussed in this post and the comments … Continue reading →
Democrats or Republicans: does the difference make a difference?
In the comments section of yesterday’s post, “ghost707” writes The reasons the Republicans rolled over is that they found out that they could fleece the public and get away with it. Democrats controlled most of the institutions in this country, … Continue reading →
Fall cleanup
It’s the first day of September. Although not the official beginning of fall—that doesn’t happen for about three weeks—it’s the real beginning of autumn in my book. And this despite the fact that it’s well into the nineties today where … Continue reading →
HCR, the turning point
This Jay Cost article indicates what we already sensed: that the passage of health care reform turned out to have been a sort of Rubicon on the part of the Democrats in Congress. When they decided to cross it, the … Continue reading →
Another longhair bites the dust
Anne Hathaway joins the gamine brigade—not very successfully, IMHO: [NOTE: See my previous post on the subject of the super-short haircut for women.]
Continue reading →Tonight Obama gives a speech on Iraq…
…and I wonder whether many people will watch it. I don’t know if I will. I’ve had a long and exhausting day already (over an hour of which I spent cooling my heels in the Motor Vehicle Bureau). Watching Obama … Continue reading →
Skilled workers wanted
A survey reveals a shortfall of skilled workers such as carpenters, welders, and electricians in many of the countries of the West: The shortage of skilled workers is the No. 1 or No. 2 hiring challenge in six of the … Continue reading →
Migraine news
Today I saw that “migraine” was one of the most commonly searched terms on Google, and I wondered why. Lo and behold, it seems that a gene connected with the condition has been discovered by researchers in Europe, giving hope … Continue reading →
E.J. Dionne explains that Obama hasn’t explained enough
Yes, here we go again. Dionne writes: But Obama and his party are also in a hole because the president has chosen not to engage the nation in an extended dialogue about what holds all his achievements together, or why … Continue reading →
Carnivorous sheep
In Adam Gopnik’s lengthy piece on Churchill in the New Yorker, he writes: For Churchill always thought in terms not of national interest but of a national character that could trump interest. The Germans “combine in the most deadly manner … Continue reading →