…have come in from the cold. What I find particularly interesting are the blue-blood origins of Kendall Myers and his wife, and the cozy little place he’d made for himself in elite academia all these years. There’s also this tidbit … Continue reading →
Dr. Sanity writes about Obama’s grandiose belief in the power of his own voice and persona to persuade the lion to lie down with the lamb. If in fact he even understands the difference between the two animals.
Continue reading →I’ve been slowly plowing through Allan Bloom‘s dense but nevertheless wonderful 1987 book The Closing of the American Mind. It’s an indictment of alarming trends in higher education that took hold in the 60s and have only accelerated since. I … Continue reading →
This is not good news: Brazil and France disagree over whether any of the debris claimed to have been spotted by Brazil is really from the missing flight. France is saying that the debris located so far is not necessarily … Continue reading →
Obama defends Iran’s right to peaceful nuclear energy. Wish he would do the same for ours.
Continue reading →Until recently, I hadn’t really minded the fashion known as low-rise pants—you know, the ones that fit so far down on the hips that they only look good on that tiny (in more ways than one) subset of the female … Continue reading →
In a recent post, I wrote of affirmative action: We all have subsequently paid dearly, including those whom affirmative action was supposed to benefit, because their achievements have forever after been tainted by the suspicion (correct or incorrect) that they … Continue reading →
…with them, if you catch yourself being careful not to arouse their wrath in social situations, you might want to take a look at this [hat tip: Dr. Sanity].
Continue reading →…to vote. It would be discriminatory, don’t you know?
Continue reading →Dick Morris (yeah, Dick Morris; can’t stand the guy but every now and then he writes something interesting) points out that Obama’s continuing popularity seems to rest on the fact that the majority of Americans still blame Bush for the … Continue reading →
Here’s more from former liberal (and present Berkeley therapist) “Robin” at American Thinker. She discusses all you ever wanted to know about her transformation and were unafraid to ask. And I was amused by the following from a commenter, as … Continue reading →
An article headlined “If Obama Had Carter’s Courage…” is bound to get my attention. Just the other day I compared Carter favorably to Obama in the arena of hypocrisy about promises not to live high on the public’s dime. Now … Continue reading →