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Balanchine’s Serenade in Sacramento
Serenade is one of my favorite ballets. It was the first ballet Balanchine choreographed in the US – in 1934, ninety years ago, although it’s timeless – and one of his very greatest as well as one of the greatest … Continue reading →
Biden’s Valley Forge speech, the Democrats, and mirror politics
Guess what? The gloves are off!: This time it’s personal. On Friday Joe Biden tore into his predecessor Donald Trump as never before. He brimmed with anger, disdain and contempt. “As never before”? If you’ve been hiding under a rock, … Continue reading →
Using that search function
Every now and then I get a commenter asking why I don’t write about a certain topic. But it’s often something I have written about. For example, today a commenter mentioned – perhaps tongue in cheek, so I’m not intending … Continue reading →
Academia: brilliance, race, and politics
Commenter “Mike K” writes: The sad and infuriating thing about what was done to Roland Fryer is that he was a genuine academic star. No need for that thumb on the scale or affirmative action. The book “The Bell Curve” … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/6/24
Seen in the YouTube comments: “Barry captures another heart.”
Continue reading →Oh, and another thing: Claudine Gay made a career out of taking down black male professors who were insufficiently leftist
Another aspect of Claudine Gay’s illustrious career as a Harvard administrator: …[I]n the face of numerous mounting scandals, many are defending Gay by claiming that the attacks against her are racial in nature. They are not. They are all well … Continue reading →
Here’s one of those videos you might want to send to people who doubt the indoctrination of Palestinian children into genocidal Jew-hatred
Trump news
Some things Trump: (1) The Trump campaign has released an interesting document: The Trump campaign team has released what it says is documentation of election fraud in 2020 in the swing states of Georgia, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, and Michigan. A … Continue reading →
Open thread 1/5/24
Roundup: Epstein names and more
(1) Epstein was – among other things – a big Democrat donor, and plenty of Democrats schmoozed with him, some repeatedly. But that doesn’t inevitably lead to the conclusion they were complicit in his crimes of sexually exploiting underage girls. … Continue reading →
New Amazon portal for ordering through neo
A commenter has kindly called it to my attention that my Amazon link symbol/ad that used to appear on the right sidebar (or towards the bottom on cellphone screens) is no longer appearing. Apparently, widgets like that (that’s what that … Continue reading →