It’s come to this: [Ned Lebow] says he was joking when he asked to be let off an elevator at the ladies’ lingerie department. A female scholar who was attending the same annual meeting of the International Studies Association was … Continue reading →
Commenter and forecaster extraordinaire “Cornhead” (aka attorney David Begley) writes about a question-and-answer session with Warren Buffett that he attended: In response to another question Buffett said that while he spent his own money backing Hillary Clinton, it would have … Continue reading →
Another one bites the dust, amidst accusations by former lovers: New York Attorney General Schneiderman follows the trail of infamy taken by once-esteemed New York politicians Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner when his resignation takes effect today amid accusations of … Continue reading →
Robert Mueller is facing more than the scorn of Judge Ellis. There’s another trial in which Mueller’s team recently came up short. Here’s how it all began. Remember?: In February, to huzzahs of delight from the media, the Democrats, and … Continue reading →
The true costs are mostly hidden: Let’s start with how much Canadians actually pay. The OECD arrives at its figures by the hopelessly simplistic method of dividing a nation’s total health care expenditure by its population. Thus, Canadians pay about … Continue reading →
Political diversity, that is: There are more than ten Democrats for every one Republican among elite professors at America’s top liberal arts colleges, a new study found. Worse, Democrats outnumber Republicans by 70 to 1 in religion departments, and that … Continue reading →
“Re-imagining” works of art that have withstood the test of time is a trend, one I encountered last night when I attended this performance of the full opera “Hansel and Gretel” at the Yale School of Music. I’ve written about … Continue reading →
One of the many many perks of the end of the Obama administration was the long-hoped-for fading away from public life of John Forbes Kerry. When I looked at that Wiki entry of Kerry’s I was surprised to see that … Continue reading →
It doesn’t surprise me. I never wanted to live in New York, although I grew up there and most of the people I knew wanted to stay there the rest of their lives—and have done so. Not me. I always … Continue reading →
Remember the Paul Manafort case? The judge there (T. S. Ellis, a Reagan appointee) is not pleased with the Mueller crew: “You don’t really care about Mr. Manafort,” U.S. District Judge T.S. Ellis III told Mueller’s team. “You really care … Continue reading →
I wouldn’t want to tussle with an angry, fired-up Dershowitz. The MSNBC guys in this video (don’t know their names) try to counter with their talking points, but to no avail. Of course, this interview occurred before NBC had to … Continue reading →
This video’s been around for years and has a gazillion views, but it’s new to me:
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