Carrie Fisher has died, four days after suffering a cardiac arrest on a flight from London to Los Angeles. My guess is that the damage was just too huge, both to brain and body, and further life support maintenance was … Continue reading →
I can understand it; after all, Sowell is 86. Writing a regular column takes a lot of dedication, and he’s been working hard all his life. Time for some relaxation while he still has enough health to enjoy it: Even … Continue reading →
What a name she had: Tallulah Bankhead. What a voice she had. Even among the many dramatic and flamboyant personalities who used to populate Hollywood and the theater in the 30s and 40s, Bankhead was more unpredictable than most as … Continue reading →
It strikes me (and not for the first time) that Obama must detest Hillary Clinton: President Barack Obama still believes in the message of “hope and change” he campaigned on in 2008 ”” so much so that he believes it … Continue reading →
As I wrote on Saturday, Obama’s decision that the US should abstain in the UN and allow a vote against Israel on measures very similar (and even worse) than those he had vetoed in the past was possible—and to him, … Continue reading →
No, I’m not just being PC. Today is that rare occasion when both Christmas Day and the first day of Chanukah occur at the same time. So I get the opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday at once. I’m … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This small poetic effort of mine has become somewhat of a holiday tradition at neo-neocon. So here it comes again—just like the holiday itself. Merry Christmas Eve to you all!] ‘TWAS THE BLOGGER’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS ‘Twas the night … Continue reading →
[Please scroll down for today’s new posts.] And there’s still time for Chanukah presents from Amazon through neoneocon. Or maybe belated Christmas presents? Thanks to all who order or who have ordered!!! Your help is very much appreciated.
Continue reading →The other day I was taking a walk, listening on my iPod to some ballet music, and I suddenly wondered—for no particular reason—whether the Eliot Feld ballet “Intermezzo” might have made its way to YouTube. During the 70s I had … Continue reading →
According to this report, President Obama “personally directed Friday that the U.S. abstain from a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity, seeing the escalation of settlement building as an increasing threat to the viability of a two-state … Continue reading →
Europe has a dream—the dream of Schengen. Schengen represents a borderless unity, with European states united to the economic and social benefit of all of them, in peace and harmony: What makes the allegiance to Schengen so strong among Europeans? … Continue reading →
…with so much big news going on today, we have some news about bigness from Politico. I kid you not. And they’re apparently serious, too. What new revelations about size are forthcoming? I shudder to think.
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