Spider in waiting
A couple of days ago I went to take a shower, and there was a spider in the tub. A large one (this isn’t a photo of my spider, but it looked just like it): I couldn’t decide what to … Continue reading →
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Jews can demonstrate, too
I wonder whether they will get a dispensation from the rules against large gatherings, too, because it’s a protest march: Hundreds of members of the Borough Park Orthodox community took to the streets Tuesday night, defying orders to disperse and … Continue reading →
COVID as Katrina: fear and blame is useful to the left
I went to the hospital today for an upper abdominal sonogram. They’re trying to decide whether my weary old gallbladder will be allowed to stay with me for the duration of the journey, or if it needs to disembark at … Continue reading →
Andrew Cuomo, who had no problem with mass demonstrations for BLM…
…has very different rules for ultra-Orthodox Jews. Also please see this article for a very full discussion of Cuomo’s press conference. During it, Cuomo used an old photo and said it was new (he used others that purportedly really are … Continue reading →
Matt Taibbi on the news business and how it drives division
Here’s a video of a very interesting talk by Matt Taibbi on the way that money drives news decisions that help polarize America further. I think it’s worth listening to, although I think he leaves out a lot, as well. … Continue reading →
Why the media makes Trump denounce white supremacy over and over
From DocZero (hat tip: AseopFan): The question with the many, many people in media like Acosta is: Are they shamelessly lying because they know damn well Trump has said it before, or have they actually convinced themselves to forget he … Continue reading →
The full Crowley
Victor Davis Hanson has a new article (entitled “The Full Crowley”) that revisits the infamous debate in 2012 in which moderator Candy Crowley intervened on behalf of President Obama. It didn’t help her career at all, but it certainly helped … Continue reading →
Kayleigh McEnany tests positive for COVID
Ever since the series of positive diagnoses of people on the political right, McEnany has been tested regularly and until now she was always negative. But now she has tested positive, although so far without symptoms. She expects to quarantine … Continue reading →
On Trump’s illness: assuming the risk
Professor William Jacobson of Legal Insurrection has written a post about the stirring of memory and emotion that Trump’s illness has caused. For Jacobson, the event has conjured up this: John F. Kennedy was assassinated when I was four years … Continue reading →
A video message from President Trump in Walter Reed
I think this sets a perfect tone. One of the things about the situation is that it tempers some of Trump’s harshness without reducing his optimistic fighting spirit: Some of the usual suspects are, of course, saying it was pre-recorded … Continue reading →
Thanks for the dance – posthumous Leonard Cohen songs
Somehow I missed the fact that a while back Leonard Cohen’s son and some other musicians and technicians put out a recording of posthumous new songs by Cohen, who had recorded the bare bones of them when he was near … Continue reading →
Trump’s doctors are extremely happy with his progress
So far so good. This is day three. It’s days 7 through 10 that usually tell the tale. ADDENDUM: At RedState, there’s an interesting article about where Trump might have caught the virus. The media – of course – is … Continue reading →