It looks very bad, with 20 reported dead, many more injured, and the suspect in custody: The suspected gunman has not been publicly named, but two law enforcement officials identified him to The Associated Press as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius of … Continue reading →
Li ZiQi is a phenomenally successful YouTube star from China who seems to me to be a cross between Martha Stewart and Vermeer, 21st Century style. I discovered her recently via Gerard Vanderleun’s American Digest blog, and I find her … Continue reading →
Yesterday this blog went down briefly. I hope none of you had too much trouble getting here. If it happens more often, I will be needing to up my bandwidth. But for now it’s not been all that much of … Continue reading →
The news cycles are so fast these days, with so many different controversies and charges and rebuttals and reactions, that it’s easy to let a particular one fall away a bit in the memory even if it was absolutely central … Continue reading →
…and that just a short while ago would have been considered completely acceptable. Not any more. In a discussion with Candace Owens on her show, here’s what actor and TV personality Lopez said: “A lot of weird trends come out … Continue reading →
Don’t underestimate how emotionally difficult it is. I know precisely what “Jan in MN” is talking about here: Self-image shouldn’t be underestimated as a reason to close one’s mind to facts. I remember, in my change process, how frightening it … Continue reading →
…hit record high.
Continue reading →I find this news very disturbing: According to the newspaper [El País], the Spanish-born biologist Juan Carlos Izpisúa Belmonte, who operates a lab at the Salk Institute in California, has been working working with monkey researchers in China to perform … Continue reading →
If you watched the Democratic debate—or if you merely read about it, as I did—you probably noticed that long-chancer Tulsi Gabbard went after Kamala Harris in a big way, and by all accounts scored a takedown. At Legal Insurrection, Professor … Continue reading →
Economics professor and pundit Glenn Loury, who is black, writes this opinion piece in the NY Times as a caution to his fellow Democrats: When I first heard that President Trump had gone after the Rev. Al Sharpton — and … Continue reading →
Although I didn’t watch last night’s debate, I hear that the Democrats unloaded on Barack Obama, of all people, for not being leftist enough. Makes sense, because frontrunner Biden is proud of his record as Obama’s Veep. It’s pretty much … Continue reading →
The UNRWA is the United Nations’ relief agency for Palestine, a huge agency since the 1948 war. Trump had cut off US funding for the UNRWA back in August of 2018 to the usual disapproval from the left: “The United … Continue reading →