Are these two news stories related?: Vladimir Putin today called an urgent meeting with defence chiefs hours after 14 sailors died in a mystery submarine blast… It came as US Vice President Mike Pence was called back to Washington for … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I used to spell it “bussing,” but I’m choosing to move with the times here. Each spelling has its own problems. “Busing” makes it seem as though it should be pronounced like part of the word “abusing.” But “bussing,” … Continue reading →
Another ominous occurrence in a sea of them, letting us know that Antifa’s closest relations are the Brownshirts, with the Orwellian twist that Antifa bills itself as being anti-Fascist: An Oregon photojournalist who covers Portland’s frequently violent protest scene was … Continue reading →
Trump loves to surprise people. That’s part of his power; he doesn’t like to do the expected. And the handshake with Kim Jong Un at the DMZ, and Trump’s stepping over the line into North Korean territory, certainly came as … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a revised version of a previous post.] Some time ago I was taking a walk, listening on my iPod to some ballet music, and I suddenly wondered—for no particular reason—whether the Eliot Feld ballet “Intermezzo” might have … Continue reading →
SJWs are boycotting Wayfair for selling beds to groups that help to furnish border detention centers: Wayfair drew political criticism and calls from some customers for a boycott after employees protested the company’s apparent sale of $200,000 of mattresses and … Continue reading →
I saw this in the comments last night from “Sergey” (quoting J. Frank Bullitt): Every candidate lined up in Wednesday’s debate is living in a fantasy world where they are convinced their decrees can yield a utopia just because they … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a lot of back-and-forth in the comments of this post about the relation between violent crime and religious belief. One of the comments was by Richard Saunders, and it went like this: If I don’t believe in … Continue reading →
People like the patrician British double agent Kim Philby fascinate me. Are they natural cons who are drawn to the game aspect of spying? Are they True Believers? Psychopaths? Idealists? Narcissists? Some of the above? All of the above? Kim … Continue reading →
Medicare for All! says Elizabeth Warren and de Blasio. End private medical insurance! So, how might this work in the real world? Take a look: More often than not, when a politician declares that the only thing preventing some particular … Continue reading →
Like most Americans, I didn’t watch it. But I have read about it (like most Americans?), and the consensus in the press is that Kamala Harris was the winner. My guess is that, at this point, it matters but not … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “charles” wrote: The closest I have ever come to knitting was to think those little “pussy cat ears” hats were cute. That was before they became a political thing. Now, I think they are downright ugly! Well, I’ve … Continue reading →