…the folks who host this blog are switching it over to a new server. They say that it will cause about a 20-minute disruption. So don’t be alarmed if that happens; it should be very temporary. And after that they … Continue reading →
Unless you were around in the early days of the blogsophere, you may not have heard of Steven den Beste, and the news that he has died may not mean much to you. But to those of us who remember … Continue reading →
Yesterday commenter “T” wrote: One of the things that attracted me to this site years ago was the ability to agree to disagree and to use that disagreement to sharpen and refine my own thinking on a topic. Quite frankly, … Continue reading →
At Instapundit, Ed Driscoll discusses a National Review article by Rachel Lu entitled, “Get Ready for the Neo-Neoconservatives.” Lu thinks the time may be ripe: As young liberals sour on what is to them the old world of the political … Continue reading →
When I grind out a big big post like the one I just wrote (see below) I have a very strong urge to say “that’s it; I’m done for the day.” But I also have a strong urge to balance … Continue reading →
Just a quick note before I try to post anything else today— I’ve been having trouble all morning getting to my page. It seemed to be hosting problems, which now seem to be resolved. We’ll see; hope so. Apologies if … Continue reading →
Glenn Reynolds—known in the blogosphere as Instapundit—is probably one of the most widely read, if not the most widely-read, conservative bloggers. He’s also a law professor at the University of Tennessee. And he’s also (like so many pundits, politicians, celebrities, … Continue reading →
In the post yesterday in which I mentioned that I’ve got 400+ drafts on this blog and about 100 on my old blog, reader Tom Murin asked: “How many of the drafts are about dance or makeovers?” Some are, but … Continue reading →
Sometimes I just get overbooked. I’ve got my piece on that viral Flight 93 essay half written, but there are other things I need to do right now. Including a few frivolous ones. I plan to post it tomorrow. Right … Continue reading →
A lot of people consider that nearly any time a person brings up any sort of Hitler comparison, it invalidates the argument. Just as an example, we had a series of comments on this blog the other day that occurred … Continue reading →
I try to write these posts as fast as possible, for obvious reasons. But even when I write fast, they take a long time to turn out at a good clip. But you should see them before I proofread them. … Continue reading →
You may have noticed—really, it was hard not to notice—that one of yesterday’s posts got a link that drew a great many pro-Trump commenters here to express in various angry ways the idea that my post was insufficiently Trump-philic. I … Continue reading →