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RIP Angela Lansbury
Angela Lansbury has died just a few days shy of her 97th birthday. The linked article goes into a long list of her many accomplishments and roles, but it leaves out my personal favorite, in one of my favorite movies. … Continue reading →
Women in academia and their effect on the university
This is a fascinating article that discusses the effect of high numbers of women in academia. It’s something I’ve thought about quite a bit, and I had already come to some reluctant conclusions that are in line with the conclusions … Continue reading →
About testing vaccines to see whether they stop transmission of the disease – and about COVID propaganda
There’s a big brouhaha about the admission by Pfizer executive Janine Small that the vaccine was not initially tested to see whether it prevented the transmission of the virus to others. I have to say that the admission doesn’t bother … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/12/22
In Newsom’s California, Big Brother is getting into the act between doctors and patients on conversations about COVID
Very Soviet of Newsom, and of the California legislature that passed this bill: Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed California Assembly Bill 2098, making it the first state to attempt to censor what physicians can say about COVID-19 to their patients. … Continue reading →
Excellent VDH post on how the Obama administration and Biden paved the way for Russia’s moves in Ukraine
From Victor Davis Hanson, on “Ukraine and the Malevolent Legacy of the Obama-Biden Administration”: During the current Ukrainian war, the media has created a mythology that the Left was tough on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. And thus, now it simply continues … Continue reading →
Tulsi Gabbard says buh-bye to the Democratic Party
Not a surprise: “I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism,” … Continue reading →
For those of you who want to use a Paypal alternative for donating to the blog
I know that some of you have soured on Paypal since the recent censorship brouhaha. One of the signs is that some people who used to be on auto-pay plans for contributing to the blog have canceled them, and I’m … Continue reading →
Open thread 10/11/22
Heather Mac Donald on the marijuana myth
The myth she’s discussing is the one the Democratic Party has been using about how marijuana possession laws are charged and prosecuted in a racist manner, as part of the “systemic racism” so rampant in our society. Biden recently harped … Continue reading →
Columbus and poetry, song and story and Joaquin Miller
I grew up in an era in which we had to memorize scads of poetry, some of it of the patriotic verse variety. I’ve written about the experience here. An excerpt: I think it may be a lost pedagogical device, … Continue reading →