On tax day
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is tax day. Ah, paying taxes. What fun! Along with close to 100% of Americans, I hate the process. It’s an attitude that unites us … Continue reading →
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Open thread 4/18/23
I find this series to be well-acted and well-produced. You know at the outset – after all, the title of the show is “I Shouldn’t Be Alive,” and the real person is doing the narrating – that the person (or … Continue reading →
Missouri puts some brakes on transitioning, and a furor ensues
I’m so old I can remember when people who felt themselves to be trans didn’t immediately qualify for hormones and surgery – not even adults. There were some common-sense rules to protect the people themselves, and just about everyone understood … Continue reading →
Kash Patel says the leaker couldn’t have had legal access
Here’s the story from Patel, who [CORRECTION: was a deputy under Richard Grenell), former Director of National Intelligence: Patel said, first, the suspected leaker, Jack Teixeira, would not have had access to the information without someone within the Department of … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/17/23
When I was a small child, I was afraid of dragonflies. I’m not sure why; maybe their name?
Continue reading →RIP, Mary Quant – and the fashions of the 60s
Here’s an obituary of Mary Quant, who practically invented the kicky women’s fashions of the 60s. I hadn’t thought about Quant in umpteen years. But looking at the photos there and at other articles about her brought back memories of … Continue reading →
No, George Soros wasn’t really a Nazi collaborator
It’s pretty much a standard thing now for people on the right to add the words “Nazi collaborator” (or something similar but even more extreme) to their descriptions of George Soros. But it’s not true that he was a Nazi … Continue reading →
On the arrest of security leaker Jack Teixeira
From Matt Taibbi: You’ll read a lot in the coming days about the dangers of apps like Discord, or of online gaming groups, which counterintelligence officials told the Washington Post today are a “magnet for spies.” The Leaker tale will … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/15/23
Back when I used to watch NBA basketball, I was a big Spud Webb fan:
Continue reading →Bidens’s corruption detailed by ex-staffer
I don’t think it will matter in the least, but this report is certainly interesting: Mike McCormick, a stenographer for the White House for 15 years, told “Fox & Friends First” the FBI has been ignoring his alarms on the … Continue reading →
Germany is shutting down its last nuclear power plants
It boggles the mind. This is the news: For 35 years, the Emsland nuclear power plant in northwestern Germany has reliably provided millions of homes with electricity and many with well-paid jobs in what was once an agricultural backwater. Now, … Continue reading →
More parallels between the political situation in Israel and the US
Israel and the US are very different, but there are parallels in their domestic situations at present. In Caroline Glick’s recent article on a speech Netanyahu made to Israel’s generals, I noticed some of these similarities, such as the fact … Continue reading →