I read Aldous Huxley’s dystopian Brave New World shortly after I had read Orwell’s dystopian Nineteen-Eighty-Four. I was around thirteen years old at the time, and I didn’t quite get Brave New World although I did finish it. In my … Continue reading →
I’ve written a little about polls this election cycle, but not all that much. And that’s true not only just now, when Harris has been rising in the polls in somewhat alarming fashion, but also when Trump seemed to be … Continue reading →
Commenter “Richard Aubrey” asks a question: Did dumping—or scaring off–Shapiro do enough to catch the attention of non-observant Jews? Shapiro’s observant. But does “No Jews Need Apply” get the attention of the ethnic-only Jews? Let me first note that even … Continue reading →
Some new footage from that day shows a chaotic situation with extremely poor communication, almost like that old “who’s on first?” routine from Abbot and Costello – only this isn’t funny: In other bodycam video, officers are clearly confused about … Continue reading →
Well, since they happened, they can’t be all that impossible, can they?
Continue reading →Not really, Tim; one is involuntary and the other is voluntary. This was the context in which Walz said it: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz … made these comments last week on the “White Dudes For Harris” fundraising call. “Don’t ever … Continue reading →
For quite some time, the left has labeled a limit of any sort on abortion-at-will to be an abortion ban. It’s a way to mislead by using a word in a different way than is customary. For example, see this … Continue reading →
(1) Walz seems to be a real piece of work. As the Stolen Valor scandal builds, will it cause him to be dumped by the Democrats and replaced? There’s a poll on that at Legal Insurrection. In the subtitle to … Continue reading →
For some we loved, the loveliest and the best That from his Vintage rolling Time hath pressed, Have drunk their Cup a Round or two before, And one by one crept silently to rest.
Continue reading →[NOTE: I missed the anniversary yesterday, but today I’m recycling this previous post on the subject.] Once again it’s the anniversary of the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Nagasaki followed three days later, and Japan surrendered on August … Continue reading →
Both VP nominees have some military background. J. D. Vance was a Marine who served in Iraq: After graduating from Middletown High School in 2003, Vance enlisted in the US Marine Corps and served in Iraq as a combat correspondent … Continue reading →