Some disjointed thoughts from me on the abominable bombings in London, which were timed for rush hour to maximize the loss of innocent life: Dennis Ross on Fox News just now. He expressed something that many of us have been … Continue reading →
Christopher Hitchens made some interesting statements in this interview (via Seekerblog). Here’s Hitchens describing an experience he had while in Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War, at a time when he positively hated George Bush Sr.: I was … Continue reading →
This spring/summer so far has been unseasonably wet. Although ordinarily we’re not troubled too much by them, the other day while I was doing some gardening one of these lovelies crossed my path: The photo doesn’t really do it justice. … Continue reading →
Today I want to recommend this post by Clive Davis. He quotes Roger Scruton as saying that those on the left consider those on the right to be evil, whereas the right considers those on the left to be merely … Continue reading →
How was my Fourth of July? Just fine, thanks. To begin with, the weather, which had been fairly vile for weeks, turned magnificent for the entire weekend. Unless your goal was to swim (which mine wasn’t), it was perfection itself. … Continue reading →
I don’t know about you, but this story fired my imagination. It is the stuff of which science fiction movies are made. My first reaction was sheer awe. But my second reaction was, “Hmmm, I guess Star Wars wasn’t such … Continue reading →
[The following is a post I wrote back in April, but it seems appropriate for the Fourth, too, so I’m repeating it.] I’ve been visiting New York City, the place where I grew up. I decide to take a walk … Continue reading →
In my recent “change” post I mentioned in passing that I still read the New Yorker, despite my disagreement with almost everything political in it. I wrestle with the fact that I continue to support them by subscribing, but I … Continue reading →
In the comments section of my Reagan post, an interesting question came up. How responsible are politicians (or, as they used to be called, statesmen–now we’d have to say “statespeople” instead) for the consequences of their actions? Are they responsible … Continue reading →
I recently came across an article on the history of the all-volunteer military. I found it fascinating, and so I thought I’d call your attention to it. Prior to reading it, if you’d asked me to sketch the history of … Continue reading →
In yesterday’s “change” post, commenter “someone” asked what I thought of Reagan at the time of his Presidency. I had thought to go into that topic in the body of the “change” post, but it was already so long I … Continue reading →
[For links to earlier posts in this series, please see the right sidebar under the heading, “A mind is a difficult thing to change.”] INTRODUCTION I thought this post would be relatively easy to write. After all, the years between … Continue reading →