I haven’t yet decided whether I’ll watch it, but probably not. How about you? Expectations are very low for Walz but beware – that is sometimes a setup to make anything the person does look good in comparison. Walz will … Continue reading →
Carter is the first president to reach centenarian status. I’ve written about Carter in many previous posts: in this one I compare Carter and Biden, in this one I discuss Carter’s role in the rise of Iran’s mullahtocracy, this one’s … Continue reading →
How long will it last? Will there be major shortages? Tune in to find out: Dockworkers at dozens of ports stretching along the East and Gulf coasts walked the picket line after midnight on Tuesday as they launched a massive … Continue reading →
So far, the expected Iranian missile attack appears to resemble one back in April in scope and effect, in which the missiles were either successfully destroyed or didn’t cause deaths even though some of them hit. Israel has a robust … Continue reading →
If you’re wondering why inland, mountainous western North Carolina was hit so hard by Helene, here’s the explanation: It’s a beautiful area in which I once spent a month (with Gerard, about fifteen years ago). Driving around in the fall … Continue reading →
Moving right along: October!
Continue reading →Or both? The story, according to Minnesota Public Radio and the Walz campaign: Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz “was so proud of his extensive experience” traveling to China that he “occasionally used to exaggerate it” by claiming to have visited … Continue reading →
We don’t know the final death toll of Hurricane Helene, but it’s already high: The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday night, with winds of 140 mph and a devastating storm surge. Helene left … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “sdferr.”] Netanyahu has a message for the long-suffering people of Iran: The vast majority of Iranians know their regime doesn’t care a whit about them. If it did care, if it cared about you, it would stop … Continue reading →
Excellent songwriter, handsome guy, he lived to be 88. Here he is with Johnny Cash performing a song Kristofferson wrote: I especially like this short clip of an interview with Kristofferson in which he pays tribute to his friend Steve … Continue reading →
That’s mind-boggling to me. I started very tentatively, at my son’s suggestion. When he said I should start a blog I immediately said, “No, no way.” But he went to Blogger.com, showed me a few blog templates and told me … Continue reading →