The other day, commenter “AesopFan” offered the following quotes from astronomer Carl Sagan, who died in 1996: “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the … Continue reading →
For many years Joe Biden has claimed that he never spoke to Hunter about his business dealings. That was never especially believable, and there were even photos of Joe with some of the people with whom Hunter did business. The … Continue reading →
You can’t keep a good song down:
Continue reading →[NOTE: I wrote about the “Fast Car” brouhaha involving the Luke Combs cover version two days ago. That sparked further thoughts – thus, this post.] The strength of the song “Fast Car” is due in no small part to its … Continue reading →
From Matt Taibbi: The problem that’s been threatening Western democracies for years, and which is captured in books like Martin Gurri’s The Revolt of the Public, is the widespread loss of faith in institutional authority. At first this was a … Continue reading →
From commenter “AesopFan” on the thread about the two versions of the song “Fast Car”: It is profoundly weird that people who claim to be standing up for gays and lesbians are actually the ones erasing the history and achievements … Continue reading →
Biden good, Trump bad. That’s all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. So many things have been emerging from the House hearings on the whistleblowers, plus some news on Trump, that I’m just going to do … Continue reading →
I’ve often seen it around the blogosphere – the old “uniparty” label for the GOP members of Congress. Here’s a typical treatment of today’s version of the old story (hat tip: commenter “miguel cervantes”): 83 Republican congressmen joined nearly every … Continue reading →
He had a long run: 96 years. He kept singing to the end, although he gave up performing in 2021 due to slowly advancing Alzheimer’s. From his Wiki page, I learned that Bennett was also a lifelong artist. You can … Continue reading →
It’s come to this: One recollection that I can confirm with the aid of historical evidence is that [in 1988] ‘Fast Car’ by Tracy Chapman was everywhere. I heard it in seedy gay bars, at civil-service leaving dos, at family … Continue reading →