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Whither alterations?
I have a short jacket of which I’m very fond. It’s not especially lovely, but it fits well and it nicely occupies a niche between heavy and light. It also packs very very well because it can be scrunched down … Continue reading →
And now there’s Corey Ruiz (or, do all leftist roads lead to Israel-hatred?)
Crowds in Madison, Wisconsin, are claiming that Corey Ruiz is the latest victim of police violence against black men. Here’s the story: The Madison police officer who shot and killed Corey Ruiz should face criminal charges, civil rights attorney Ben … Continue reading →
Mamdani and violence against Jews in New York
Two men were stabbed near Central Park by the same perpetrator, without warning or previous interaction. One of the victims was visibly Jewish (wearing a kippah) and the other Asian, and the perpetrator is alleged to have shouted “Allahu Akbar!” … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/25/2026
I have long loved the paintings of the Hudson River School:
Continue reading →Spambot of the day
This piece of writing posted at this website is genuinely fastidious. If there’s anything I can’t stand, it’s a piece of writing that’s inauthentically fastidious.
Continue reading →Those California mail-in ballots
I saw this headline today, “Nearly 150,000 mail ballots rejected in California’s primary despite efforts to count every vote.” That doesn’t tell us much. Were they ballots that should have been counted and somehow were missed? And if so, why? … Continue reading →
Ortega of Nicaragua decides to become official dictator
The idea is to save democracy, or some such blah blah blah, by ending elections in that country: [Ortego said] There won’t be any more elections here. There won’t be any more elections for them [the opposition factions] to try … Continue reading →
Open thread 7/24/2026
I took this photo the other day in a parking lot, near sunset time. It’s a reflection of the sky in the window of the car parked next to mine:
Continue reading →It looks like Troy Jackson will be replacing Graham Platner
And the new Democratic nominee for Maine senator almost certainly will be: Troy Jackson. He’s older than Platner (58) and has been a state politician for about 25 years, currently president of the Maine Senate. He’s not a fake oysterman … Continue reading →
The five-minute Odyssey
I’ve been reading and listening to many reviews of the Nolan film The Odyssey. The spread of opinions is extremely wide – everything from a great masterpiece to a piece of horse manure, with plenty in-between. The film is doing … Continue reading →
News roundup
(1) Kamala Harris, the gift that keeps on giving: Democrats and their national apparatus, namely the Democratic National Committee (DNC), have been hampered this entire midterm election cycle by a debt incurred during the last election cycle. … Democrats became … Continue reading →