Check this out: As reported in the New York Times, [Obama] was asked about “the anxiety of many Israelis who feel that he does not have a special bond with Israel.” Obama replied ”” get ready for it: “Some of … Continue reading →
Glenn Reynolds gives out a call: I’m interested in movies and TV about law and lawyers ”” not just stuff with a legal setting, but stuff that revolves around lawyers and what people think of them. Any suggestions? Movies about … Continue reading →
Surfing on You Tube recently, I came across a 2001 video of then-nearly-seventy-year-old Violette Verdy coaching French dancer Isabelle Guerin in Jerome Robbins’s “Dances at a Gathering,” teaching her the role that was first created on Verdy herself in 1969. … Continue reading →
Worth watching:
Continue reading →Froma Harrop is a liberal. But (perhaps surprisingly) she does not think Obama is wise in pursuing the lawsuit against the state of Arizona. Harrop thinks it’s an especially bad idea in the political sense: The Obama administration is challenging … Continue reading →
Lloyd Grove of The Daily Beast reports that some of Obama’s supporters among what is sometimes called the “elites” are losing that loving feeling, as evidenced by the goings-on at the Aspen Ideas [not an oxymoron] Festival. We already knew … Continue reading →
I like the cut of Governor Brewer’s jib: Today I was notified that the federal government has filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona. It is wrong that our own federal government is suing the people of Arizona for … Continue reading →
Just a couple of days ago I wrote a post defending the looks of the PT Cruiser against those who dare call it ugly. And now I read that Chrysler is ending production of the cute little guy, once so … Continue reading →
The Obama administration has decided to go forward with the threatened lawsuit against Arizona’s immigration law, and the approach will be that the state has pre-empted the federal government’s over-arching right to regulate immigration. Never mind that the feds have … Continue reading →
I’ve already written about Kathleen Parker’s odd notion that Obama is the first woman president, . But today, when I came across the following quote from Britain’s first female prime minister Margaret Thatcher, it occurred to me that perhaps Obama … Continue reading →
Ah, those evil health insurance companies, refusing to enroll sick people in their individual programs (although they were covered in large group insurance), and forcing them into high risk pools. Greedy nasty capitalists, sucking our blood like the vampires they … Continue reading →
…three years, a changed political climate, and a need to run for re-election makes.
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