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 →
(1) The ratings for the January 6th hearings. I don’t think there are any minds still not made up. I don’t even think my leftist friends are watching it, and if someone doesn’t already believe the “insurrection” narrative, those hearings … Continue reading →