Open thread 2/7/23
To me, this is just a gimmick and has little to nothing to do with dance. It’s not even pretty. But it’s quite an impressive feat nonetheless:
Continue reading →neo
Another racist plot
Professionalism is racist. Of course. Last night I came across this talk by John McWhorter, a voice of reason on the topic of the old racism versus the new:
Continue reading →Our Planet
I’m still out west, staying in an airbnb. Last night I was trying to relax – fat chance! – and watched some TV I thought might be soothing. It was the first episode in the Netflix series “Our Planet.” What … Continue reading →
Terrible earthquake in Turkey and Syria
The deaths number in the thousands: A 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria early Monday, killing more than 2,300 people and taking down countless buildings. The earthquake prompted a search for survivors in the rubble in cities and … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/6/23
They’re probably not saying very much anyway:
Continue reading →Calmly we walk
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a post originally published five years ago. Gerard had made the first comment on the original post, as you can see if you follow that link. “Many great dears are taken away…”] —John Updike: … Continue reading →
Journalism 101: on Russiagate
You’re probably all heartily sick of Russiagate. I know I am. But it’s incredibly important, and most people are unaware of the details. What’s more, plenty of Democrats still think that Trump was colluding with Russia and probably always will … Continue reading →
The Biden papers: here, there, and everywhere
More of the same, with a slight twist: Eric Schwerin, Hunter’s Rosemont Seneca partner who handled Joe’s taxes and personal affairs, was in charge of moving an archive of 1,850 boxes of files from the vice president’s DC office that … Continue reading →
Open thread 2/4/23
A good time was not had by all:
Continue reading →Still on the west coast…
…and I’m happy to say that I’m missing one of those deep-freezes back home.
Continue reading →On the Chinese balloon
Biden and company are tiptoeing around China, not wanting to challenge or offend. It gives me an earworm for this song, which for some reason I can’t stand. Listen at your own peril:
Continue reading →Heather Mac Donald on the Tyre Nichols beating and racism
Heather Mac Donald has written a great deal about the racial aspect of alleged police brutality cases, and here she weighs in on the Tyre Nichols beating: Five Memphis officers responded to what was initially reported as a car driving … Continue reading →