McCain is fond of saying he’s “older than dirt.” He’s really not quite that old. But perhaps he—like most politicians—can be forgiven a little hyperbole. Nor is he as old as the oldest profession. But he is older than any … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: the Anchoress.] I don’t know quite what to make of this You Tube video, except it made my jaw drop at around minute 3:22 and thereafter. Before that, it’s somewhat weird, but rather boring and silly. After minute … Continue reading →
As I was going up the stair I saw a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish, he’d stay away. The above ditty, “Antagonish,” is a children’s poem written at the turn of the … Continue reading →
John Heileman has an article in New York Magazine listing ten reasons Eliot Spitzer was politically undone by his infidelities while Bill Clinton managed to survive his. The most important reasons seem to be that Spitzer had already become very … Continue reading →
Peter Wehner presents an absolutely devastating critique of Obama’s most visible foreign policy record, his position on Iraq. It’s also the record of which Obama is most proud. But if one closely follows his shifting statements, it’s hard to conclude … Continue reading →
David Mamet’s Village Voice piece on his political conversion—“Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal’”—has caused a minor sensation. To me, of course, it’s an old story, not only because I experienced something of the sort myself, but because … Continue reading →
No, there’s not really any relation between Mamet, change, and Eliot Spitzer. Except that I was planning to write a post today on playwright David Mamet’s Village Voice essay “Why I Am No Longer a ‘Brain-Dead Liberal.’” It seemed tailor-made … Continue reading →
I grew up in New York City during what may have been the golden age of ballet. My parents loved dance, and so they took me at an early age to see the greats—the New York City Ballet and American … Continue reading →
…or delusions. Hillary’s “red phone” ad may have been many things, but racist was not one of them.
Continue reading →Presidential races require strategy. As they’ve become longer and more complex, they’ve taken on qualities somewhere between a marathon, a boxing match, and an advertising campaign. Special advisers can help the candidates, much like trainers, coaches, and promoters. But still, … Continue reading →
Michael Totten’s latest. Worth reading, as always.
Continue reading →[NOTE: For earlier posts about my mother, see this one about her stroke, this one about her recuperation, and this one about her move from the New England town where we’d both been living to the New York City community … Continue reading →