Nixon nostalgia is au courant
It’s a sign of the weariness of our times that
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Hot town, summer in the city…
…back of my neck getting dirty and gritty. Well, not really. But maybe a little sweaty, and slick with suntan lotion. I’m in Brooklyn, New York, for the weekend, visiting my family—including my elderly mother—and it’s predicted to reach the … Continue reading →
Blue meanies have Klein seeing Red
Bloggers have been mean to Time’s Joe Klein. Awfully, awfully mean; read all about it in his alliteratively titled “Beware the Bloggers’ Bile.” Beware, indeed. The blogosphere is noted for the ooze of its free-flowing slime. Although I try to … Continue reading →
Borges was right: the perils of Funes
The laconic, elegant, deeply intellectual, and labyrinthine Jorge Luis Borges is one of my favorite authors, and “Funes, the Memorius” from his collection Ficciones is one of his best stories. Borges had a swell of popularity in the 60s. I … Continue reading →
Caught on tape: surveillance cameras and solving murders
An arrest has been made in the Kelsey Smith case, another almost unspeakably tragic murder in which an attractive young woman was abducted in a mall parking area and the incident was recorded by surveillance cameras. The facts of the … Continue reading →
The Twilight Zone: the episode of the phantom doorbells
This morning my doorbell rang at 6:15 AM. And rang. And rang and rang and rang. I don’t usually have visitors at that hour of the day, announced or un. I live in a quiet residential neighborhood and it’s rare … Continue reading →
The Sanity Squad: on Lebanon and Putin
LIsten to the latest Sanity Squad podcast here. Join Siggy, Dr. Sanity, Shrinkwrapped, and me as we muse on the topics of the violence in Lebanese Palestinian “camps” and why coverage of the story is relatively light, as well as … Continue reading →
Iraq: will words help?
Victor Davis Hanson sums it up admirably: Either stabilizing Iraq now is felt critical to the United States and the West or it isn’t. The responsible Left hears the question and answers that it is not critical. The irresponsible Left … Continue reading →
Garden pride
This is the time of garden hope and burgeoning garden pride. It’s the honeymoon when everything is going well and the bugs haven’t arrived yet for their tasty meals, nor has the drought browned and crisped the foliage, nor have … Continue reading →
Hey
The great lyricist Dr. Sanity offers her update of the Beatles’ “Hey Jude.”
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I was thinking of Hugo Chavez recently because I was at a party Saturday night and his name came up in a rather odd context. I noticed a youngish women carrying a fluffy white dog in her arms. I went … Continue reading →
Blog talk radio: dancing and leadership (not necessarily connected)
I was a guest of blogger Fausta‘s today on Blog Talk Radio (click here for the audio). You’ll hear a lighter side of neo-neocon, especially the first half of the show, in which ex-ballet student Fausta and I compare notes … Continue reading →