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What good is a specialist if you can’t see one?
Today I was late posting because I was helping a friend with a medical problem. I have several friends who are quite ill, as I mentioned in another post. Several of them have Parkinson’s disease. Most people are aware of … Continue reading →
Bidengate reflections
For the past few days I’ve been reading articles and watching podcasts about the new spin that Democrats and the MSM (the latter in the form of Jake Tapper’s and Alex Thompson’s book) have been putting on what I’ll call … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/27/2025
For Memorial Day: on nationalism and patriotism
[NOTE: The following is a repeat of a previous post, slightly edited and updated.] The story “The Man Without a Country” used to be standard reading matter for seventh graders. In fact, it was the first “real” book – as … Continue reading →
A song for Memorial Day
I’ve posted this song before, but I think it bears repeating, especially on Memorial Day. It’s Tim McGraw’s extraordinarily moving song “If You’re Reading This“: If you’re readin’ this My momma’s sittin’ there Looks like I only got a one … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/26/2025
Taglioni was the first ballet dancer to dance en pointe, and was known for her ethereal quality:
Continue reading →The birds
The other day I read this article: Fox News’ Peter Doucy hilariously dodged another bird attack outside the White House after being attacked by another feathered friend in April and we are with him in asking, “What’s going on?” It’s … Continue reading →
Ethnic Jews, religious Jews, and “Messianic Jews”
As I’ve written before somewhere in this voluminous blog, the definition of “Jew” is complex because Jews are both a religion and an ethnic group. They are also a people, which is somewhat harder to define. Often there’s overlap, but … Continue reading →
DeSantis proposes property tax relief
Interesting idea: DeSantis has proposed providing one-time, $1,000 property-tax rebates this year to homeowners as a prelude to asking voters in 2026 to cut property taxes. “The homestead (exemption) is great, but the homestead is limited in terms of how … Continue reading →
The dawn of a new age for nuclear power?
I’ve long been in favor of nuclear power. Maybe more of the world is now going in that direction, having discovered that the green alternatives don’t work very well. For example: Over the past few days, the politics and policies … Continue reading →