All the lies…
…that are fit to print. Find them in the NY Times: Michael Oren: …I talk about an incident that occurred in May of 2010 with the New York Times when Mahmoud Abbas published an op-ed in the New York Times … Continue reading →
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IHOP: food interlude
I went there recently for dinner—it was conveniently located and I was in the mood, although it’s not a place I associate with good food. Merely adequate. So I was pleasantly surprised when I ordered this and discovered it to … Continue reading →
Yes, you can hurt yourself doing yoga
I did: my back and my neck. Here’s how other people have done it.
Continue reading →It will be a runoff for House seat in special election in Georgia
It’s been interesting seeing the spin on yesterday’s special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District. What was at stake was a seat in the US House of Representatives, so whatever the outcome, it wasn’t going to change the composition of … Continue reading →
South Korea…
…♥s Trump.
Continue reading →Voice trends
Have you ever noticed how there are trends and fashions in voices? The rising inflection at the end of sentences is a particularly annoying one. But another trend is harder to describe, and that’s the tendency of young women to … Continue reading →
Whatever was the Pentagon waiting for?
Or were they really waiting this long?: Amid warnings that North Korea and Iran have plans to take out parts of the U.S. electric grid through a cyber attack or atmospheric nuclear blast, the Pentagon is taking steps to both … Continue reading →
The unintended effects of hikes in the minimum wage
Unintended, yes. But effects such as these should not be unexpected: San Francisco’s higher minimum wage is causing an increasing number of restaurants to go out of business even before it is fully phased in, a new study by the … Continue reading →
On tax day: the taxman
[NOTE: This is an edited version of an essay of mine from the past.] Today is the last day to send in your taxes. Ah, paying taxes. What fun! Along with close to 100% of Americans, I hate the process. … Continue reading →
North Korea: a slow-motion Cuban missile crisis?
The NY Times writes: What is playing out, said Robert Litwak of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, who tracks this potentially deadly interplay, is “the Cuban missile crisis in slow motion.” But the slow-motion part appears to be … Continue reading →
Turkey’s referendum: the path to tyranny
Yesterday there was a referendum in Turkey that used a democratic process to give Erdogan dictatorial powers. The pro-Erdogan forces didn’t call the powers the referendum would confer “dictatorial,” of course. But that’s what they were. Erdogan has declared victory: … Continue reading →
Happy Easter!
[NOTE: This is a repost from Easters past. But it still works for me.] Happy Easter to all my celebratory Christian readers, and to all those who just enjoy the holiday as well! One year when my son was little, … Continue reading →