At last night’s SOTU speech the Democrats faced a difficult dilemma: to sit on their hands or not to sit on their hands, and if so when? Only Joe Manchin found it easy to applaud, although a couple of others … Continue reading →
All four are examples of that terrible offense: furniture abuse. It’s time we stamped it out. Two of them are in black-and-white, two in color. Three of them feature a male protagonist, one a female. Three of them illustrate desk … Continue reading →
You can talk about it here. UPDATE 10:15 PM I’m purposely listening to CNN post-speech, because I’m curious what they’re saying and how critical they will be. The content of Trump’s speech was about what I expected, but I thought … Continue reading →
You may have noticed that the brave Resistance has begun to dominate town hall meetings held by Republicans, in order to create “news” for the MSM to then report. Marco Rubio has certainly noticed: “They are not town halls anymore,” … Continue reading →
“Put independent journalism first. 50% off savings won’t last.” That’s the subject of an email I got today from the NY Times asking me to subscribe. I seem to have gotten on their emailing list long ago, back in the … Continue reading →
Last night my computer suddenly refused to go to a huge number of sites, including this blog, memeorandum, RealClearPolitics, and StatCounter. But none of those sites were down, because I could get them easily on my cell phone. What’s more, … Continue reading →
This ad aired last night during the Oscars, sponsored by the NY Times: I’ve been blogging for over twelve years, and a great many of my posts have been devoted to uncovering the misstatements, twistings and shadings of the truth, … Continue reading →
This Oscar error wasn’t noticed by so many people. But to Jan Chapman, it was a bit of a shock: Janet Patterson, an Australian costume designer and four-time Oscar nominee (“The Piano,” “Portrait of a Lady,” “Oscar and Lucinda” and … Continue reading →
Blame it on Bonnie and Clyde (aka Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty) in their dotage. Blame it on the Russians, who must have hacked the thing. Because the f-up at the end of the Oscars—the climax, as it were—was monumental. … Continue reading →
The Oscars are being held tomorrow. I can understand why a lot of people might not want to watch them: the self-satisfied political posturing, the paucity of good movies, the windy acceptance speeches, and the sleaziness of what passes for … Continue reading →
The seven countries in Trump’s immigration EO have yielded not only many arrests for terrorism (unbeknownst to the court, apparently), but one completed of act of terrorism that was extremely high profile. It’s puzzling that this one has been so … Continue reading →
The other day I was reminded by commenter “AesopFan” of this article from last spring: “[Obama’s Deputy National Security Advisor Ben] Rhodes, 38, said in the article that it was easy to shape a favorable impression of the proposed (Iran) … Continue reading →