In a vote that was telegraphed in advance by the unusual leak, SCOTUS has overruled Roe and Casey, thus ending federal control over the states’ ability to set their own abortion laws. My original prediction for Dobbs prior to the … Continue reading →
This is Violette Verdy, in a short excerpt from her role as the girl in green in Jerome Robbins’ brilliant 1969 “Dances At a Gathering.” She was the role’s originator and the most musical dancer I’ve ever seen, with exquisite … Continue reading →
At first the Uvalde school shooting riveted everyone’s attention because of its horror and tragedy. The murder of innocent and beloved children and their teachers is a nightmare that engenders deep feelings of rage and grief. At first, the stories … Continue reading →
…so goes international rugby. For the moment, anyway. I am surprised to learn there are women’s rugby teams in the first place. But my goodness, a post-pubescent biological male identifying as a woman on one of those teams would be … Continue reading →
No wonder the left is so enraged at SCOTUS. Today’s big big SCOTUS news is on gun rights. You can read about the Court’s 6-3 ruling here as well as here. The gist of it is that New York has … Continue reading →
The eagle changes its mind:
Continue reading →“Going down?” – as they used to ask in the days when there were real live human elevator operators. I remember elevator operators. They used to have them in all the big Manhattan flagship department stores. I wonder if they … Continue reading →
There’s been an election in Colombia: Former rebel Gustavo Petro is set to be Colombia’s first leftist president after voters handed him a slim victory in Sunday’s runoff election against Rodolfo Hernández, a political outsider and populist. Petro had garnered … Continue reading →
Last night I watched the entirety of Texas DPS head Steve McCraw’s testimony in front of the Texas Senate, including the question-and-answer period. It’s a lot to digest; something like four and a half hours. I could probably write a … Continue reading →
In Uvalde, as more information has come out, it has looked worse and worse for the police. But until now I have refused to come to any conclusions about guilt and responsibility except to say that, from the start, when … Continue reading →
The first is France: The left won a lot more seats. A new party, or really a new party coalition called “Nupes,” united the Socialists, Communists, hard left and greens, won somewhere between 149-200 seats, which is a lot more … Continue reading →