Time’s acceleration
I don’t quite buy this, although I do think it’s harder to experience new things as one gets older. Or, at least, new fun things: The older you get the more the days seem to fly by. Why is that? … Continue reading →
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Why it’s so hard to lose weight
For many of us, that is. There are those of you who are different. There are people who gain weight because they overindulge, and all they have to do is stop eating all that dessert or drinking all that beer … Continue reading →
So now it’s Oprah for 2020. Of course.
You may have thought that the Golden Globes would be about the anti-Weinstein men and women in black—if you thought about it at all. But just look at memerorandum today and you’ll see that the real event was Oprah Winfrey’s … Continue reading →
I’m about to go outside…
…and the weather report says the “real feel” (I guess that’s replaced “windchill factor”) is minus 16. Not too bad.
Continue reading →Anesthesia and consciousness
Here’s a fascinating article on the mysterious working of anesthesia, which is as yet a poorly understood although highly effective and useful tool: Anesthesiologists speak of patients descending through “the planes of anesthesia”””from the “plane of disorientation” through the “plane … Continue reading →
American teens are delaying sex more
This seems like good news: Fewer U.S. teens are sexually active these days, as many wait until later in high school to try sex for the first time, a new report reveals. But the numbers are still shocking, at least … Continue reading →
Have Trump’s critics lost their sense of humor?
David Frum certainly has: This morning’s presidential Twitter outburst recalls those words of Fredo Corleone’s in one of the most famous scenes from The Godfather series. Trump tweeted that his “two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, … Continue reading →
Have Wolff’s minutes of fame already started to wind down?
Maybe, at least among anyone paying attention to this sort of thing: Michael Wolff, the author of “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House,” included a note at the start that casts significant doubt on the reliability of the … Continue reading →
On Jeff Sessions, Congress, and marijuana law
I’m basically with National Review on this: Under Article II, the executive is obliged to “take care that the laws be faithfully executed,” and, under federal law, marijuana remains prohibited. Using prosecutorial discretion as a smokescreen for nullification is not … Continue reading →
Never-Trumpers never-Trumping
Commenter “DNW” writes: My guess is that most of the rage [at Trump] is not really at his uncouthness, or the many abrasive personality traits he is said to have, but more, or equally, a chagrin and alarm over what … Continue reading →
Valet Olympics
Yes. Seriously. A competition for parking valets. I’ve long been in awe of the skill of parking attendants in city lots, although I don’t have much experience with other forms of valet parking. I can parallel park well enough (after … Continue reading →
On Wolff: the latest chapter in the continuing anti-Trump effort
Of course, to call it an “anti-Trump effort” is to both understate and simplify the matter. Since the evening it became clear that Donald Trump would become president of the United States, and millions upon millions of totally shocked Americans … Continue reading →