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Mr. Rogers has a message from 52 years ago about boys and girls
I’m too old to have watched Mr. Rogers as a child. But as I watched him forty years ago with my own child, I found some of his messages a little obscure. For example, there was the song that follows, … Continue reading →
Joe Biden for Father of the Year
And I suppose you could add Grandpa of the Year. From Nicholas Kristof comes this astonishing thought: The real meaning of the Hunter Biden saga, as I see it, isn't about presidential corruption, but is about how widespread addiction is–and … Continue reading →
More fog of war from Russia
Churchill on Russia in 1939: a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma. The larger quote: “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/24/23
I’ve loved this song for a long long time. And I find Rudetsky amusing and so knowledgeable about pop and show music:
Continue reading →What’s going on in Russia right now?
Don’t know. But here’s a thread if you want to discuss it.
Continue reading →And speaking of adventure tourism…
…there’s this: …[T]he Taliban are now selling tickets to visit the ancient monuments that they demolished in 2001, in an attempt to boost Afghanistan’s flagging economy. The Washington Post reported that Afghanistan’s tourist plan includes a pair of 1,400-year-old giant … Continue reading →
California bill: therapist power over parent power
California is getting close to passing another dangerous law that undermines parental authority: California Democrats on Tuesday advanced legislation to let mental health professionals remove children from their homes and place them in state custody without parental consent. The Senate … Continue reading →
Waivers and risk: the Titan submersible
Commenter “sailorcurt” makes a interesting point concerning the Titan submersible when he writes: Freedom also comes with the responsibility to accept the consequences for those choices and actions. “Did the waiver that had to be signed by the clients/tourists actually … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/23/23
The IRS wanted to charge Hunter Biden with felony tax evasion, but it was blocked by the DOJ
The two-tiered “justice” system marches on. This time the IRS was willing to apply the usual standard to Biden’s son Hunter and charge him with a felony, but the DOJ never carried out the recommendation: Rep. Jason Smith (R., Mo.) … Continue reading →
Our two-tiered system of justice: Harriet Hageman queries Durham
I hadn’t previously heard much about Hageman, the Wyoming Republican who trounced Liz Cheney this past go-round. But here she is, describing how our two-tiered system of justice at the hands of the FBI and the DOJ has damaged the … Continue reading →