It seems that the AMA wants Garland to prosecute speech that they believe is thoughtcrime of a dangerous sort: BREAKING: The American Medical Association is asking Big Tech and the Department of Justice to censor, deplatform, investigate, and prosecute journalists … Continue reading →
Country singer Loretta Lynn has died at 90: Just about all the obituaries have the words “coal miner’s daughter” in the headline or prominent in the body of the text, and that’s my impulse, too. Not only was it the … Continue reading →
You say tomato, I say tomahto:
Continue reading →I offer my usual caveat on linking to this post with recent news on Russia’s war effort in Ukraine. The fog of war is always operative, so each person will probably take this differently. But I think it’s fairly clear … Continue reading →
I already had quite a bit of respect for Jonathan Haidt. He’s a moderate who tends more to the liberal end of things, but his work on political belief systems is very important and for the most part very fair. … Continue reading →
Commenter “huxley” points out the strangeness of John Fetterman, the Democratic candidate for the Senate from Pennsylvania, and asks a question: Then there’s this Fetterman character running for the US Senate in Pennsylvania who looks and dresses like a tattooed … Continue reading →
I find this dance style strange yet rather hypnotic. It’s similar to certain other ethnic dance traditions in that it features a fairly rigid upper body with movement centered in the legs and feet. But in this case, the women … Continue reading →
Being an Everly Brothers fan even as a child and seeing these two names – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant – on so many of their songs, I wondered about them for a long time. Who were they? It’s quite a … Continue reading →
Some years ago I read Martin Amis’ book entitled Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million, which deals with Stalin. At one point (I noted at the time that it was on pages 82-86, although I no longer have … Continue reading →
I’m only surprised that Putin didn’t do this earlier: Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin formally accomplished what has been telegraphed for a few weeks, the annexation of four Ukrainian oblasts (provinces). Before a crowd of what passes for dignitaries in … Continue reading →
It wasn’t even all that long ago, either. Now we have this brave new world: A local Georgia lawmaker has come out as nonmonogamous and revealed plans to start a family with her two female partners, declaring, “I’m in love … Continue reading →
Where did September go? It was around here a moment ago.
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