….and is pretty darn pleased with what it sees, for the most part. Just needing a little tweaking to get the narrative right. The link above is to a Slate article about a session Times executive editor Dean Baquet had … Continue reading →
Yesterday, Israel denied visas for Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, after pressure from Trump, under a law permitting the government to bar entry to advocates of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. However, Tlaib asked to being allowed … Continue reading →
Utopia for Realists. If that book title sounds like an oxymoron, it certainly doesn’t to its author Rutger Bregman: Imagining utopia, writes Dutch historian Rutger Bregman, “isn’t an attempt to predict the future. It’s an attempt to unlock the future. … Continue reading →
It’s a funny thing. When I went to college many moons ago, we had boys’ dorms and girls’ dorms. Not only that, we called ourselves “boys” and “girls.” I had just turned seventeen when I went away to school, and … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Please see my earlier post on California’s proposed curriculum.] The pressure from the public worked—for now anyway: The California State Board of Education (SBE) announced on Aug. 12 that the proposed anti-Israel Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) will be … Continue reading →
Here’s an article at National Review by David French, who is not ordinarily a rabble-rouser. It begins this way: I just finished reading of the most astonishing legal briefs I’ve ever read. It is easily the most malicious Supreme Court … Continue reading →
You’ve probably already heard this: An autopsy on the body of Jeffrey Epstein revealed the convicted sex offender had several broken bones in his neck, including the hyoid bone, according to a report. The hyoid bone, which is near the … Continue reading →
Everyone up for a palate cleanser? I am. I’m not one for mere technical feats, however amazing. But Osipova’s turns here are so amazing they made me gasp, and it takes a lot to do that because I’ve seen a … Continue reading →
…I know this is picayune stuff, but I’m tired of seeing Jeffrey Epstein described nearly everywhere as a pedophile. Actually, it is very clear that he was a hebephile who was primarily attracted to girls in late adolescence but under … Continue reading →
This report certainly seems to support the “deep incompetence” theory. If you believe the NY Times report, that is: Guards at the jail where Jeffrey Epstein was held fell asleep and failed to check on him for about three hours … Continue reading →
Roger Simon, founder of PJ Media, author of many novels and screenplays, has a new book out called The Goat. He explains here why he decided to self-publish it, after so many novels published in the conventional way: The Amazon … Continue reading →