Open thread 6/12/23
This was a challenge:
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Songs of friendship and comfort
It’s a genre, and a rather large one. Here are just a few examples – heavy on the Bee Gees, of course. I always liked Ringo’s quirky voice: Early-ish Bee Gees: Got to include this one. And she’s got my … Continue reading →
Hopkins’ kingfishers and dragonflies
[NOTE: I decided not to be as politics-intensive as usual today.] I consider the poems of Jesuit priest Gerard Manley Hopkins to be among the greatest, and I’m going to highlight a single line from his poem entitled—well, the poem … Continue reading →
Dershowitz on the Trump indictment
I think it’s always interesting to hear what Dershowitz has to say on any issue of law and politics, for the obvious reason that although he’s a lifelong Democrat he’s a reasonable and knowledgeable person. That doesn’t mean I always … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/10/23
I think he means vinyl flooring rather than linoleum, which came earlier. And afghans certainly were around earlier, too. But anyway:
Continue reading →The Trump indictment and the audio: has Ahab finally caught the Great Orange Whale?
There’s a lot to digest today, all of it incomplete. So I’ll start with a little discourse on law. No system of law can be perfect or anything close to it. In the end, justice – or any approximation of … Continue reading →
Sadness
Commenter “stan” writes: I got a real bad case of the sads this morning. Oh, I’m angry. I’m ready to fight. But for a few moments I felt grief. America is dead. It’s been dying since 1993 and the finishing … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/9/23
Trump indicted versus Biden coverup
Virtually everyone on the right has known for quite some time that our system of justice has become wholly political. There have been so many reasons to think that, but today we got what is probably the biggest one of … Continue reading →
“This story contains details some readers may find distressing”
That quote in the BBC article is actually an understatement. The story is exceptionally distressing, and probably nearly 100% of readers would find it distressing. Here’s what happened: Four young children have been stabbed in a park near Lake Annecy, … Continue reading →
Mark Judge ponders what happened to Bill Kristol – and so do I
Here’s the piece on Kristol by Judge. It’s interesting, although Judge doesn’t really come up with an answer to the question. But I didn’t expect him to. I’ve long pondered what happened to Kristol, and haven’t really come up with … Continue reading →
The film “Deadname”
Last night I watched the documentary called “Deadname.” It’s about three parents impacted by their teenagers declaring as trans, the lack of traditional counseling for such children and its replacement by rubber-stamping on the part of the therapy and healthcare … Continue reading →