When Representative Scalise was shot, the only reason many more people weren’t hurt and perhaps killed was that there were armed guards around who killed the would-be assassin. And the only reason there were armed guards around was that Scalise … Continue reading →
Seven percent of American adults believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows, according to an online survey commissioned by the Innovation Center of U.S. Dairy. I’m not sure whether I’m more surprised that the number is so low, that it … Continue reading →
Incedibly sad. My heart goes out to his parents.
Continue reading →Once it emerged that the Scalise shooter was a rabid leftist, the left shifted to blaming the right (see this and this) for the “climate of hate” it had created, ignoring the fact that most political shooters in recent years … Continue reading →
…is still critical. He was shot in the hip, but also sustained internal injuries and has required several surgeries. His condition is more grave than originally thought.
Continue reading →Why believe them, when they’ve proven to be wrong (or lying, my preferred explanation at this point) at so many turns? For example, and most recently, almost every MSM news outlet reported that anonymous but reliable sources had told them … Continue reading →
Horrific: The residents of Grenfell House in west London had warned of the potentially devastating effects of a fire before last night’s blaze which caused at least 12 deaths and scores of injuries The 24-storey building in north Kensington, which … Continue reading →
Much ado about nothing: It was said of the Seinfeld show that it was a TV program about nothing. It occurred to me, reading the transcript of Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee this afternoon, that … Continue reading →
Until a reader alerted me, I hadn’t realized that one of my favorite movies of all time—one I’ve written quite a few posts about—had been turned into a musical. My gut reaction was that it must be a bad idea. … Continue reading →
Shooter James Hodgkinson of Belleville, Illinois targeted Republican members of Congress and their aides in a shooting spree at a practice for a Congressional baseball game in which Republican House Whip Steve Scalise and an aide, as well as two … Continue reading →
So far, the “Jackie” UVA rape story has cost Rolling Stone a pretty penny: A University of Virginia fraternity chapter has agreed to settle its lawsuit against Rolling Stone magazine over a debunked story about a rape on campus. The … Continue reading →
I hadn’t followed this story, but it sounds horrendous: University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier has been medically evacuated from North Korea in a coma after being detained for 17 months, his parents told The Washington Post on Tuesday. Warmbier, … Continue reading →