Here’s one promise Obama kept
[Hat tip: Wizbang.]
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This is awesome. Literally.
The ten most amazing Hubble photos—sent by a friend, and surpassingly beautiful. Here’s my favorite, perhaps because of its simplicity. But please look at them all; you’ll be glad you did. They might even put you in a holiday mood, … Continue reading →
Obama: liberal frustration, conservative satisfaction
Who would have thought that, a mere month after the election of Barack Obama as our next President, it would be the liberals who’d be frustrated and the conservatives who’d have slight and catlike smiles on their faces? Certainly not … Continue reading →
Date of infamy: forgetting Pearl Harbor
Sixty-seven years ago today Pearl Harbor was attacked. That’s long enough ago that only the elderly remember the day and its aftermath with any clarity. Several generations—including my own tiresome one, the baby boomers—have come up since then, and the … Continue reading →
Iraq: suppose they gave a victory and nobody noticed
The title of this post was inspired by the saying, “Suppose they gave a war and nobody came?”—one of the stupidist slogans of the peace movement of the 60s. The news that Iraq has ratified a formal US/Iraq military and … Continue reading →
The inadequacy of Indian police
Here’s more on the Indian police who couldn’t shoot straight—or at all. Once you read it, you will no longer be surprised that the police were ineffective during the Mumbai attacks. But you might be even more enraged about it … Continue reading →
Damien Hirst: signs that the recession can’t be as bad as all that
Or perhaps it’s just a sign that people have gone stark raving mad. What am I talking about? Back in mid-September, when the economy was already rather iffy, the “artist” (I use that word advisedly) Damien Hurst had a monster … Continue reading →
We’re not getting older, we’re getting better
Just as in Lake Woebegone, where all the children are above average, it seems that most “older” people (defined as over seventy) are convinced they look younger than they actually are. About ten years younger on average, in fact. They … Continue reading →
RIP Odetta
I just learned via American Digest that the folksinger Odetta has died at the age of seventy-seven. In my youth, I saw her perform at The Bitter End in Greenwich Village. Since that was quite some time ago, I suppose … Continue reading →
Two million and counting
At some unspecified, unknown moment last night, my sitemeter reached the two million hit mark. It’s not a milestone I ever expected to reach when I began blogging—I would have been surprised to get a total of one thousand hits … Continue reading →
What do McCain voters know?
Remember that sobering poll of Obama voters? Several people (myself included) were interested in a similar poll of McCain voters. A reader alerted me to the fact that such a poll is now available, here.
Continue reading →Schiff: Cassandra or stopped clock? You decide
Peter Schiff is an interesting case of prognostication. Take a look at this video (or any number of others), and you will find him describing the financial crisis-to-be with a fair amount of detail and specificity before it happened: So, … Continue reading →