New roundup
(1) And then there was one. Reality TV’s 16-year-long saga of a man with multiple wives ends with just one man married to one woman. And they’ve quit the show. (2) It was a story that captured the news cycle … Continue reading →
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Open thread 9/14/2026
In Microsoft’s eyes, I’m my own parent
First, a relevant musical interlude: You might recall that recently I purchased a new computer. Transitions like that are not my forte. It takes some time for me to get familiar with a new system, and I often find it … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson on Carney and Canada
Hanson discusses the state of the trade war: Stage four is more serious for Canada. The jobs report came out. They’ve lost 41,000 jobs just in one week of the tariff war. We created 160,000 in August. It’s gonna get … Continue reading →
George W. Bush: again with the “religion of peace”
For the 25th anniversary of 9/11, George W. Bush said this: “This decision, shortly thereafter, was to go to a mosque,” Bush said on Wednesday evening. “I did so because I was deeply concerned about stories of women in coverings … Continue reading →
Don’t forget the murder of Daniel Pearl, “the Jew”
[NOTE: Yesterday on the thread about the murder – and attempted beheading – of Andrew Wimsatt in Austin, commenter “Marlene” brought up the murder/beheading of Daniel Pearl and wondered whether his being a Jew had anything to do with him … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/12/2026
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Continue reading →How Fairfax County teaches young people about 9/11
Don’t dare blame Islam! Here’s the story: A wealthy Washington, D.C., suburb’s public school district is advising teachers not to link 9/11 with radical Islam and to be sure to create “safe spaces” for Muslim students as the nation somberly … Continue reading →
A murder most foul in Austin
Andrew Wimsatt, aged 62, was murdered in Austin, Texas, last Monday: Wimsatt was sitting on a park bench at 10:55 a.m. Monday in the 2400 block of Chandler Creek Road when [Benedict Ogbodiegwu, 26] began attacking him with a knife … Continue reading →
9/11: 25 years later
What has happened since 9/11? Twenty-five years have happened. It doesn’t seem possible. And yet I know it’s true. For me, 9/11 marked the beginning of a several-years-long process that led to the creation of this blog and a life … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/11/2026
News roundup
(1) Suddenly we see a host of doomsday warnings about AI. Is it real or is it orchestrated propaganda? Only AI knows. The dangers posed by self-improving AI may be entirely real. So, too, however, are the enormous financial and … Continue reading →