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 →
With the killing of Nasrallah announced earlier today, and all the events of the last year in that region of the world, here are some musings. Of course, Israelis detested Nasrallah. But I wonder how many Arabs felt the same … Continue reading →
Here’s the story: The underground command center was embedded beneath a residential building, the IDF noted in their report on Saturday, where Nasrallah and his top commanders were coordinating terrorist activities against Israel at the time of the attack. During … Continue reading →
Lots of the back-and-forth can be found here. As far as I can tell, it seemed quite cordial. Remember that they have a history and know each other. Of course, we don’t know what they said behind closed doors. But … Continue reading →