Who lost Vietnam?
I’ve spent a lot of verbiage on the Vietnam War over my years of blogging. All you have to do is look at the category “Vietnam” on the right sidebar, and you’ll see that the number of posts on the … Continue reading →
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This is where I was recently
Not bad, eh? I was also here: Note the piece of rainbow.
Continue reading →Judge dismisses Palin defamation lawsuit against Times
Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against the NY Times has been thrown out of court: This is a case where the NY Times Editorial author James Bennet claimed to be so ignorant, so uninterested in doing any research, and so oblivious … Continue reading →
Stilettogate
Just to prove how trivial the Twitter conversation can be, we have Stilettogate over this fashion choice of Melania Trump’s on the way to board a plane to view the floods of Texas: Personally, I’m in extreme awe that Melania … Continue reading →
Harvey and anthropogenic climate change
AGW is the gift that keeps on giving. Its supposed effects are protean enough that almost anything can be blamed on it. Both its adherents and its critics are often tremendously fervent, and I’m not going to go into that … Continue reading →
Trump is America’s Netanyahu…
…says Caroline Glick. Or perhaps Netanyahu is Israel’s Trump. I happen to think a lot more of Netanyahu than of Trump. Netanyahu has a history of physical and mental courage in a lengthy military career, as well as a great … Continue reading →
Houston…
…in trouble: There is no indication the water will stop rising anytime soon. Swollen rivers in east Texas aren’t expected to crest until later this week, and federal officials are already predicting the deadly Tropical Storm Harvey will drive 30,000 … Continue reading →
The WaPo and the AP decide (for the moment, anyway) that maybe Antifa aren’t such freedom fighters after all
Take a look at the headlines: “Black-clad antifa attack peaceful right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley,” and “Black-clad anarchists swarm anti-hate rally in California.” The first is from the WaPo and the second the AP; the first is more critical of Antifa … Continue reading →
Amazon takes over Whole Foods and cuts prices
I figure that when Amazon was founded by Jeff Bezos and he chose the name of the company, he must already have had big plans. You don’t call something “Amazon” and expect to stay small. Sure enough: On July 5, … Continue reading →
Back to the Woodstock garden
Nope, I wasn’t at Woodstock—one of the only members of my generation who wasn’t, to hear most them tell it. And I don’t romanticize the 60s and look back on them nostalgically, although many people my age do. I think … Continue reading →
Presidents and lies
Commenter “Big Maq” asks a question: If it were obama or clinton who made such claims [that he had passed more bills in his first seven months than most presidents had in that time] in the same circumstances, would we … Continue reading →
The case for pardoning Sheriff Joe Arpaio
Paul Mirengoff (not ordinarily a Trump fan) makes the case here. I confess to not having followed the Joe Arpaio conviction story. But Mirengoff’s piece seems reasonable enough to me, with its main point that the Arpaio pardon represents “a … Continue reading →