…to take in dinner and a Broadway play. The Democrats counter the resultant criticism by saying that all presidents take vacations, especially Mr. Obama’s predecessor George Bush, so what’s the big brouhaha about? It is certainly true that most presidents … Continue reading →
….(which we were)….If this doesn’t make you happy, at least for a couple of minutes, then I don’t know what will:
Continue reading →Okay, quick: how many 74-year olds could give a three-plus-hour concert night after night and leave the audience hungry for more? Leonard Cohen, that’s who, and last night it was Boston’s turn to savor the pleasure, and my turn to … Continue reading →
Please read my PJ article about identity politics, diversity, and judicial nominations. You’ll be glad you did. I’ll be glad you did. PJ will be glad you did.
Continue reading →Nor are you, if you’re reading this blog. But I had ever heard of the word before, and certainly couldn’t spell it until I’d seen it in this article. Fortunately for National Spelling Bee champ (and aspiring neurosurgeon, but that … Continue reading →
Alas and alack, and woe is us. Happiness is more elusive for women than ever, according to a recent study. Women’s reported happiness has fallen relative to men’s happiness, and it’s done so quite consistently in industrialized countries, across class … Continue reading →
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly fine. Over forty years after the fact, documents have been unearthed that turn on its head the common understanding of a seminal event in German history: The killing in 1967 … Continue reading →
Much attention is being paid to the following statement made by Sonia Sotomayor in a 2001 speech in Berkeley, California: Whether born from experience or inherent physiological or cultural differences, a possibility I abhor less or discount less than my … Continue reading →
Perhaps I should institute a “political changer of the day” feature. Today’s is that of Spiegel editor Jan Fleischhauer. It’s pretty funny—although very sobering as well—to read of Fleischhauer’s childhood indoctrination in what one can only call the cult of … Continue reading →
It turns out that, according to this WSJ article, Laffer may have been correct when he said a state that raises taxes on the rich often finds it has fewer revenues rather than more, because the rich have their methods … Continue reading →
President Obama has chosen Sonia Sotomayor as the replacement for outgoing Supreme Court Justice David Souter. Even before the pick, it was clear that identity politics would be a huge factor in the decision: “There is only one thing that … Continue reading →
Here’s Bookworm with some more advice on how to talk to a liberal. And here’s “Robin of Berkeley” on the difficulty of finding friends of the conservative persuasion in the bowels of true-blue Berkeley. Ladies, I feel your pain.
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