I love this story. I love an underdog (underhorse?) winning, and this is one of the most dramatic ever. I’m sorry I didn’t see long long longshot Rich Strike win the Kentucky Derby live, but fortunately we’ve got all kinds … Continue reading →
Sorry Sergei, it’s Misha all the way:
Continue reading →[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of my traditional Mother’s Day post. It was written while my mother was still alive.] Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is one of the very first pictures … Continue reading →
[Part I can be found here. Part II can be found here. Part III can be found here.] Part III ended with my discovery – just a few days before my scheduled Boston surgery with a doctor whose prognostications for … Continue reading →
Here’s a discussion of a poll from April 19-27 that shows the GOP with a 10-point lead in the generic ballot (the poll itself can be found here and the crosstabs are here). Whether that will stand now that Alito’s … Continue reading →
There’s so much confusion on this issue that I thought I’d try to clarify. Much of this confusion is purposely sowed by fearmongers on the left who want people to be afraid that overruling Roe will start a cascade of … Continue reading →
If you have trouble understanding the narrator’s accent, you can turn on closed captions:
Continue reading →From Jen Psaki: White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to condemn on Thursday plans for protests to take place outside of conservative Supreme Court justices’ homes over the leaked draft opinion that suggests they plan to overturn Roe v. … Continue reading →
Long-time readers of this blog know that one of my favorite authors is Milan Kundera. Here are a few more Kundera quotes that offer food for thought: Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is … Continue reading →
Hatred of Jews isn’t a new thing for Russia, which in addition to all the rest of its propaganda has specialized in anti-Jewish propaganda for a long time. The Tsarist-era fabrication “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion” is the … Continue reading →
When I was in graduate school, there were a number of self-destructive body-oriented fads that were rife among teenage girls, the most popular at the time being cutting and anorexia. Those days, it appears that embracing a trans identity is … Continue reading →