Today is Mayday. As a child I was confused by the wildly differing associations the word conjures up. It’s a distress signal, for example, apparently derived from the French for “come to my aid.” That was the first meaning of … Continue reading →
Here’s one response to the Obama/Wright brouhaha that lets you know why Obama may have been so reluctant to throw Wright under the bus. It seems that Chicago Sun-Times columnist Mary Mitchell (who is an African-American woman, a fact I … Continue reading →
…keeps the appetite at bay. In my continuing effort to explore the dubious joys of the dying art of the jello mold, I found this. Not even the gelatin entries in James Lileks’ “Gallery of Regrettable Food” can match the … Continue reading →
Obama did what he had to do yesterday. He spoke out more forcibly than ever before against Jeremiah Wright’s road show, saying: [Wright’s comments] offend me. They rightly offend all Americans. And they should be denounced, and that’s what I’m … Continue reading →
Not for the squeamish—especially the squeamish who love jello molds (although perhaps that’s an oxymoron). Consider yourself warned.
Continue reading →Bob Herbert’s column today happens to be one of the best and most succinct summaries of Obama’s current woes and the character flaws that underlie them. And when a liberal anti-Iraq War (“How long do we want this madness to … Continue reading →
Click here to listen as Dr. Sanity, Siggy, Shrinkwrapped, and I discuss the Arab Mind, based on Shrink’s series of the same name.
Continue reading →This sort of thing is one of the reasons it’s in your interest to vote for him anyway, if you care about the future of the Supreme Court. Or the future of voter fraud. Do you think for one moment … Continue reading →
Here’s Obama’s most recent attempt to prove his proletarian bona fides: I was raised in a setting with grandparents who grew up in small towns in Kansas, and the dinner table would have been very familiar to anyone here in … Continue reading →
Obama must be hoping that his ex-Reverend gets a vicious case of laryngitis that will last through November at least, from the looks of Wright’s performance today at the National Press Club. Michelle Malkin asks: Is [Wright] working for the … Continue reading →
From last night’s Bill Moyers PBS interview with Jeremiah Wright, the quote that got the most attention was this: [Obama]’s a politician, I’m a pastor. We speak to two different audiences. And he says what he has to say as … Continue reading →