Totten on Georgia
As usual, Michael Totten is well worth reading. Here’s his take on the Georgian situation.
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The PUMA revolt
A fairly large percentage of Hillary Clinton’s supporters are mighty angry at the Obama campaign. To see what I mean, just go to a blog such as Talk Left and read the comments there, especially the ones written after the … Continue reading →
“This little trick”—hovering in the air
I’m currently reading I, Maya Plisetskaya, the autobiography of the wonderful Russian dancer about whom I wrote this tribute. She was known for vivacity, smoldering sensuality, and her powerful yet graceful jump, the latter of which she describes as follows: … Continue reading →
Not all Obama supporters are happy with the way the rollout went
When the MSM spilled the beans on Obama’s VP pick last night, I was thinking that, not only will the PUMAs absolutely hate this, but many young and “progressive” Obama supporters will as well. I’m not just talking about the … Continue reading →
Obama’s pick: why, it’s the Democratic McCain!
My title is somewhat tongue-in-cheek, of course. But it did occur to me, watching clips of Joe Biden late last night, that Obama’s new running mate is the closest thing to John McCain that Obama could have found in the … Continue reading →
“Waiting for Barack”
You’ve got to hand it to him—Obama certainly knows how to milk the drama of the VP wait. And speaking of drama, I think you’ll agree that Beckett was remarkably prescient. Note especially the reference to Bush. ESTRAGON: (despairingly). Ah! … Continue reading →
Obama and the tax code: from each according to his ability, to each according to “fairness”
Some of Obama’s slightly-less-publicized statements are the ones that concern me most. Case in point: in this WSJ column by William McGurn, the author points out that for Obama, taxes are not just about collecting revenue. What are they for? … Continue reading →
Candidates who live in ill-gotten houses…
…shouldn’t throw stones. But sometimes they do, and this is what they get in response: The Obama campaign must think they had a winner, casting McCain’s remark that he didn’t know how many houses he owns as evidence he doesn’t … Continue reading →
Presidential snacks: Obama’s shopping spree
Wow. I didn’t know you could buy babies at the Farmer’s Market (see paragraph two). Obama’s purchase of biscuits, zucchini bread, pound cake, bread, tomatoes and peaches makes him a health-food nut compared to earlier Presidents. We all are familiar … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to really silly pop songs?
They were called “novelty songs,” although I didn’t know it at the time. They occupied a special niche that doesn’t seem to exist anymore in this far less innocent age: a nonsensical bubble-gum type of music/lyrics, meant mostly to amuse … Continue reading →
Meet Obama’s female doppleganger, Baldilocks
Blogger Baldilocks has a fascinating story on her own. But it’s even more fascinating these days because it runs roughly parallel for a while to that of none other than Senator Obama, although it then veers off rather dramatically from … Continue reading →
Beach volleyball: unfair, I say!
I hereby object to the obvious pulchritudinous inequities of the Olympian sport of beach volleyball. To wit: why is it that the women’s torsos are relatively unclad while the men’s are coyly covered in tank tops?
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