[NOTE: This a slightly edited version of a previous post of mine.] Father’s Day. A sort of poor stepchild to Mother’s Day, although fathers themselves are hardly that. They are central to a family. Just ask the people who never … Continue reading →
…explains what led up to it, and what it’s like living in a post-“oooh” world.
Continue reading →Mort Zuckerman, former Obama supporter, answers the question and says “fool.” I beg to differ (I believe the answer is that he is both). But it’s still interesting to see Zuckerman come this far in his condemnation. He doesn’t quite … Continue reading →
The recent news that the federal government is planning to mount a legal challenge to the state of Arizona’s new immigration law is just another outrage in a long series of outrages by the Obama administration. Even though the state … Continue reading →
Some of you may recall a post I wrote in 2005 about Clive Wearing, the man with such profound memory loss that he lived in a single repeating and ever-changing present moment disconnected from those that had gone before. To … Continue reading →
it’s a little challenging to follow all the twisting and turnings, but let’s give it a go. One of Obama’s most oft-repeated campaign pledges was that he would not raise taxes on anyone but the rich (defined variously, but usually … Continue reading →
President Obama famously said he can’t personally fix the oil spill by sucking it up with a straw. But when the oil-sucking barges that Bobby Jindal had ordered to do just that (minus the straws) arrived and got to work, … Continue reading →
…but they grind exceedingly fine. [NOTE: See this for a previous post of mine on the subject.]
Continue reading →Keith Olbermann, criticized at Kos for his rare putdown of Obama the other night, takes his ball and goes home. What’s the big surprise—did he fail to study his French Revolutionary history?
Continue reading →The Manolo, he has spoken. And he has a lot more to say on the subject than I did: The second, and more perplexing matter, is the Charlotte Olypmia platform pumps, of which the Manolo’s friends have inquired “How? Why?” … Continue reading →
As if the public’s anger at BP wasn’t already strong enough, the company’s chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, put his foot into another pile of steaming doo-doo when he said: [Obama’s] frustrated because he cares about the small people, and we care … Continue reading →
It’s so refreshing to hear this guy speak: Christie has a quality rare in politicians, that of a smart guy telling the truth and speaking from the heart. It’s a quality many thought they saw in Barack Obama, but from … Continue reading →