Well, it may be Pat Buchanan saying it, but I still agree with him: Obama has a choice between the FDR approach to the Great Depression, policies that made it “greater”—that is, longer and more damaging—than it otherwise would have … Continue reading →
Back in September I wrote that much of the vicious bias against Sarah Palin was a result of her being from the wrong side of the tracks—the Walmart side. Now Palin is on the record as acknowledging the class issue … Continue reading →
The intrepid Richard Landes is on the case.
Continue reading →…fear itself, why does Obama keep playing on it? In the financial crisis, he’s been sounding a relentlessly gloomy note from the very start. I agree that things are far from rosy, but I believe that Obama is doing no … Continue reading →
Donuts (or doughnuts, take your pick) are popular again, not that they ever really went out of style. This article indicates that those luscious little bundles of fried dough are undergoing a renaissance, as well as a gentrification that includes … Continue reading →
This article mentions that the world has passed an important milestone: more than half its population lives in cities. That means that city life is having a greater and greater effect on our culture, bodies, and psyches. So there’s reason … Continue reading →
…it bears repeating: Many people ask why there are so few Israeli casualties in comparison with the Palestinian death toll. It’s because Israel’s first priority is the safety of its citizens, which is why there are shelters and warning systems … Continue reading →
Ralph Peters doesn’t like the Panetta pick, not one little bit. He says that it shows that Obama does not take intelligence “seriously.” I hadn’t thought of that description when I wrote my piece on the subject, but it does … Continue reading →
After the Panetta debacle, it’s a tremendous relief to hear of a possible Obama appointee I can support with enthusiasm: CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta for Surgeon General. First of all, there’s the lovely euphony and alliteration of it all: SanjayGupta/SurgeonGeneral. … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you, but this piece put me off my feed. It’s an article about the growing popularity of squirrel as a food in Britain. And here I thought British food was coming up in the world after … Continue reading →
For a supposedly intelligent man, Obama has made an especially poor choice in his reported choice of Leon Panetta as CIA chief. To say Panetta is inexperienced in intelligence would be an understatement. He is profoundly inexperienced, even more so … Continue reading →
I recently reread the two-volume graphic novel Maus, by Art Spiegelman. It struck me once again, as it did the first time I read these books, that they should not work on any level. And yet, against all odds, they … Continue reading →