More Orwellian logic…
…from the Obama administration on Arizona and its illegal immigration law.
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Obama’s selling…
…but America’s not buying it.
Continue reading →Dance teachers I have known: Stanley Holden
The late, great British dancer Stanley Holden was a dance teacher of mine. One doesn’t ordinarily think of comedy in connection with ballet dancers, but Holden was a master of it, best known for originating the en travesti character Widow … Continue reading →
Bristol and Levi: together again
Readers of this blog may have noticed I haven’t given a lot of space to the soap opera trials and tribulations of the Palin family. But it’s hard to ignore the news that daughter Bristol and her erstwhile swain Levi … Continue reading →
November 2010
In a way, the first Tuesday of November 2010 can’t come fast enough for me. But in a way I’m dreading it, because so much is riding on it. I think it’s the most important election—undoubtedly the most important midterm … Continue reading →
Living dangerously with salsa and guacamole
Remember how much fun it was to taste a bit of the raw batter during the making of cakes or cookies when you were a child? Well, that simple joy ended years ago, when raw eggs were nixed because they … Continue reading →
More evidence…
…that the MSM considers itself a wing of the Democratic Party—although Zuckerman hasn’t been all that happy lately with Obama. And speaking of not so happy with Obama…
Continue reading →Why leftists call themselves “progressives”
(1) It sounds better than “socialists” (2) Most Americans haven’t a clue what it means
Continue reading →The World Cup finals
I watched the World Cup finals yesterday with a bunch of people who care a great deal more about soccer than I do (not difficult, since I care scarcely more about soccer than I do about curling). The world disagrees … Continue reading →
Bredesen tries to leave the sinking ship
Tennessee’s Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen tries to distance himself from the large and dominant left wing of the Democratic Party. This is especially interesting since Bredesen is not running for re-election; term limits in his state prohibit that. Note his … Continue reading →
US v. Arizona: where’s the conflict?
In a National Review piece, Kris W. Kobach, one of the drafters of the Arizona law, offers a series of defenses of the statute that seem quite strong to me, among them this: The U.S. Supreme Court has long recognized … Continue reading →
Broadway, the Tonys, and the fountain of youth
I was very small when my parents first took me to see many of the classics of the Broadway musical theater. In those days a regular family could afford to do so. Tickets were not just cheaper in the absolute … Continue reading →