Curmudgeon here, checking in. My hamstring pull is slowly improving, but because it was almost healed about ten days ago when I re-injured it, I decided to ask for some physical therapy to see if it could be helped along … Continue reading →
You’d think I was a basketball player or something. I’m not. But yesterday, while I was doing nothing more strenuous than walking fast – which I often do – I felt a pop! in the middle of the back of … Continue reading →
Does the Times really think people will believe it’s that stupid and unobservant? In other words, does the Times think people are that stupid and unobservant?: After actively engaging in a coverup of Biden’s cognitive state — the brave, intrepid … Continue reading →
Wow: … [T]his really hit the most extreme, I’d say during the Biden administration when they were trying to roll out the vaccine program. Yeah, I’m generally like pretty pro-rolling out vaccines. I think on balance the vaccines are more … Continue reading →
It’s been very cold in New England for the last few days. Having returned recently from visiting family who live in climes with less chilly winter weather, I found it a shock to get to the Boston airport very late … Continue reading →
I’ve sensed from the start that both the New Orleans car attacker and the Las Vegas truck bomber had one thing very much in common: an impulse to suicide. The latter seems to have carried off his demise without seriously … Continue reading →
… the 25th Amendment is crying out for revision. It clearly doesn’t work in its present form. Despite the amendment and despite Joe Biden’s obvious mental decline and inability to discharge the duties involved in being President of the United … Continue reading →
First of all, a disclaimer: I make no predictions about Pelosi’s recovery from a hip fracture she sustained in a fall the other day. But anything is possible. I read these musings: Statistically, when a woman in her mid-80s breaks … Continue reading →
Perhaps – like me – you’ve been surprised at the amount of venom expressed online in reaction to the hit-style murder of United Healthcare executive Brian Thompson. The anger I’m talking about is against the victim, not the murderer. It … Continue reading →
I’m sorry to have to announce the death of commenter “Mike K” on October 25, 2024. Mike K began commenting here in 2007 but only very intermittently at that point, and became a regular and prolific part of the commenting … Continue reading →
Jay Bhattacharya has been up, then down, and now up again. His academic pedigree has always been stellar: it’s Stanford all the way, from undergrad to medical degree to PhD in economics. Then work at RAND, teaching at UCLA, then … Continue reading →
Commenter “Brian E” notes: I hope our perceptions of age become skewed, otherwise I’m going crazy. I’ve found myself seeing people that look exactly like the ones I knew from 30-40 years ago. Only it’s not them. I’ve had to … Continue reading →