Fascinating and urgent
Ammo Grrrll of Powerline writes …I seem to be at a stage in my life where I find almost everything equally fascinating and equally urgent. I can relate – up to a point. Like Ammo Grrrll, I’m also at that … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Literature and writing
Doris Lessing, changer
Doris Lessing was a well-known writer who died in 2013 after a very long life and many prizes, including a Nobel. I confess that I’ve never read a thing she wrote, although I tried a few times. It just didn’t … Continue reading →
The best laid schemes: Kobe Bryant
I’m not a basketball fan; I stopped watching back in the 1970s. But I’d heard of Kobe Bryant even beore yesterday’s helicopter crash that killed him. He was that big a sports star, and the mourning is widespread. But although … Continue reading →
The scarlet “I” of IMPEACHMENT
Impeachment, now and forever: Speaker Pelosi: "On Dec. 18th, the House of Representatives impeached the President of the United States — an impeachment that will last forever." https://t.co/Kt0lj3c5pV pic.twitter.com/oC9gXSVk7v — The Hill (@thehill) January 15, 2020 Pelosi likes to envision … Continue reading →
The kingdoms of earth run on oil
And that’s one of Iran’s problems these days. From Victor Davis Hanson: Snce World War II, the United States has been involved in a series of crises and wars in the Middle East on the premise of protecting U.S., Western, … Continue reading →
Emily Dickinson is hard to love
Dickinson’s hard to love, although she’s easy to admire immensely. Don’t get me wrong; I like certain of her poems. But the more inaccessible ones weary me, although I usually tend to have patience with difficult poetry if it really … Continue reading →
Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling gets a taste of the left’s medicine when she stands up for liberty
At my son’s request, I read the first two Harry Potter books shortly after they first came out. They were okay as that sort of thing goes, but since I’m not keen on that sort of thing, I stopped reading … Continue reading →
If I were still a Democrat and I listened to Comey’s interview yesterday with Chris Wallace, what would I think?
I plan to fisk James Comey’s interview with Chris Wallace later today or perhaps tomorrow, but right now I want to say something else about it. I couldn’t actually watch Comey or listen to the whole interview. That’s probably a … Continue reading →
Love at first sight – in the movies
Of course, it helps to have Shakespeare writing your lines. But still, words – even Shakespeare’s – are not enough to convey the experience (one that some deny, but that does truly exist) of love at first sight. Not just … Continue reading →
Posting is a bit late today: reflections
Posting is a bit late today. One reason is that this morning I heard of the death of an old friend I hadn’t really seen in many years. The death was expected – I already knew this person was very … Continue reading →
Are you exceptionally likeable?
I already know that I’m not. Some people like me exceptionally well. But I think most people find me a trifle odd. Maybe not just a trifle. And now I know why. I don’t fit this profile at all, and … Continue reading →
Orwell on the will to power for power’s sake
I read George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four when I was about twelve years old. You might say that’s too early to truly understand it. And if you said that, you’d probably be right. But even then, I understood it well enough. … Continue reading →