[NOTE: Because of the Gilot open thread earlier today, I decided to look up Jonas Salk and get up to speed on some of the details of his life. What I found was interesting enough, and relevant enough to today, … Continue reading →
“Republicans are mean” is pretty much the story told by Democrats, and has been for a long time, and it’s often very successful. I don’t think there’s a Democrat I know – and I know plenty of them – who … Continue reading →
Françoise Gilot, an artist who had a ten-year-long relationship and two children with Pablo Picasso and later was married to Dr. Jonas Salk for 25 years, died on June 6, 2023 at the age of 101. In this 1998 interview, … Continue reading →
SCOTUS is on a roll, with two more decisions in which the justices have voted 6-3, with all the Republican-appointed justices in the majority and the Democrat-appointed justices dissenting. The first case defends free speech: The Court held 6–3 that … Continue reading →
Affirmative action is a subset of what the brilliant Thomas Sowell called The Quest For Cosmic Justice (and if you’ve never read that book I highly recommend doing so). Here’s Sowell: Cosmic justice is not about the rules of the … Continue reading →
Alan Arkin has died at 89. His brand of comedy didn’t quite click with me, but it sure did with a lot of people. He was a Hollywood staple for many years, and had a wide range of roles. RIP. … Continue reading →
When I was watching this video, I thought about a Bee Gees comparison before Fil made the same point. Were the Bee Gees the male Andrews sisters? Sort of. But I have one disagreement with Fil here – which is … Continue reading →
This is one of them: In an interview on Martha McCallum’s “The Story” on Fox News, McCallum asked, “Are you in favor of eliminating any agencies?” DeSantis responded that he would work with Congress to get rid of the Departments … Continue reading →
Ari Kaufman of The Lid says no, and that those who think so are just being nostalgic: Americans have always longed for the “good old days.” The problem is that most can’t define when or what constitutes those good old … Continue reading →
The decision was 6-3, so all the Republican-appointed justices were with the majority and all the Democrat-appointed justices dissented. That’s a bit of a surprise; I thought there might be more defections from the Republican side. William Jacobson writes: The … Continue reading →
Hunter can’t be held responsible for any of this because, after all, he was a coke addict: The House Oversight Committee released a Hunter Biden WhatsApp message to Communist Party-linked Chinese energy firm CEFC associate Gongwen Dong. Hunter demanded $10 … Continue reading →