RIP Bernard Lewis
I was thinking about Bernard Lewis the other day and wondering whether he was still alive, because I remembered that even at the time of 9/11 (when I’d first heard of him) he was already pretty old. I got my … Continue reading →
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This is why they’re called “retrievers”
Retrievers retrieve: But how on earth does a deer get into the ocean? I’ve also seen retrievers nearly drown a person in their exuberant drive to retrieve that person.
Continue reading →Watergate II: Collusiongate
Unlike Watergate, the current crisis in government/spying/politics doesn’t have a memorable name. But for those of us who lived through Watergate it has a certain resonance with that event as well as major differences, imparting a strange sense of familiarity, … Continue reading →
Fashion at the royal wedding
No, it’s not going to be all fashion all the time today. But sometimes a person just has to relax. A sampling of the styles at the Harry and Meghan wedding— Oprah, nice try but I don’t think so. The … Continue reading →
Royal wedding, royal dress
I didn’t know until yesterday that today was the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but of course once I learned it I had to comment on the fashion. To wit, the dress: I happen to like plain, classic, … Continue reading →
Another false accusation of racism…
…an accusation that is easily proven false. Why would someone make a claim that is so very easily disproved? Do people doing this fool themselves into thinking the paranoid story they’ve made up actually happened the way they’re telling it? … Continue reading →
The “whistleblower” on Michael Cohen’s finances
The war on Michael Cohen continues with the disclosure of some of his financial records: Michael Avenatti, Stormy Daniels’s attorney, published a memo last week that he said detailed Michael Cohen’s financial transactions… But questions arose about how Avenatti had … Continue reading →
Another horrific school shooting
This time in Texas near Galveston, with 10 people reported dead and the shooter in custody, wounded. If this incident is like so many others (and my guess is that it is): (1) the actual facts will only come out … Continue reading →
Crossfire Hurricane: the FBI spied on Trump
In a very long article in the NY Times, the newspaper tries to get ahead of the forthcoming IG report by admitting a couple of things, but burying and/or downplaying them. Par for the course. Rather than re-invent the wheel … Continue reading →
More racial woes at Starbucks
I thought this was some sort of joke at first, mainly because I’d never heard the word “beaner” as a slur against Mexicans: Nearly two weeks ahead of their day of nationwide racial bias training, coffee chain Starbucks is facing … Continue reading →
So which is it, Yanny or Laurel?
The latest internet craze is to listen to the audio and answer the burning question of whether you hear “Yanny” or “Laurel.” I heard “Yanny”—or rather, just to show you what a weirdo I am, I actually heard “Yammy.” Close … Continue reading →
In no surprise at all…
…most of the people the IDF killed during the March of Return have been members of Hamas—and that’s according to Hamas itself. Senior Hamas official sets the record straight on who was killed in last Hamas-orchestrated riots: "50 of the … Continue reading →