Open thread 4/27/23
Rather fun. But they seemed to get tired after Raphael’s “The School of Athens.’
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More on Tucker Carlson’s leavetaking from Fox
Fox’s actions regarding Tucker Carlson, and speculations on his future, are still big news. And we still don’t know many hard facts about either. So here’s a roundup: From Thomas Lifson at American Thinker: From Cockburn at The Spectator. And … Continue reading →
Legal education is indoctrination at Columbia and elsewhere, and has borne much fruit
On the Columbia Law School curriculum: Parents are paying $331,350 — or students are going into enormous debt — for what amounts to a three-year reeducation camp at Columbia to produce leftist social warriors who will, as Christian says, “upend … Continue reading →
‘Disinformation” and the search for truth: more Twitter files
I was about twelve years old when I first read Orwell’s masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four. It scared me more than anything I’d ever read. Did I understand every single bit of it? No, but I understood a surprising amount. And it … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/26/23
Melanie Phillips: on Israel’s Remembrance Day
It’s something like our Memorial Day, and it’s today. In her article, Phillips quotes at length from a recent interview with Itamar Marcus, head of Palestinian Media Watch. It’s well worth reading the whole thing, but here’s an interesting excerpt … Continue reading →
Biden announces that he is running – on empty, and on ads
But it doesn’t matter that he’s got little left in the tank. They’ll push him across the finish line, if necessary. I don’t usually watch Biden speak, because his mendacity and hypocrisy sickens me. But I forced myself to watch … Continue reading →
About Dominion v. Fox, and the news itself
Commenter “Kate” writes: The whole problem with the Dominion lawsuit is that news organizations are supposedly free to report what political factions are saying. Apparently they are only free to repeat leftist charges. Fox News has folded and damaged news … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/25/23
Time marched on:
Continue reading →And speaking of departures, Susan Rice leaves the Biden administration
Hard to say exactly what went on here: Susan Rice, President Biden’s main domestic policy adviser, is leaving the White House after more than two years as the 80-year-old chief executive gears up for a re-election campaign — and days … Continue reading →
The big news today is about the news: Carlson leaves Fox; Lemon leaves CNN
I never was one to watch much TV news, but in the past year or so I’ve pretty much stopped watching it entirely. And I doubt I’ve ever watched Lemon, just awful clips featuring him. Nevertheless, I’m aware that this … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/24/23
This is absolutely gorgeous:
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