Commenter “Mike” quotes me in a previous post, and adds his reaction: “In high school we were assigned to read Crime and Punishment, as well as the “Grand Inquisitor” excerpt from Karamazov, and in college I read his chilling work … Continue reading →
Interesting.
Continue reading →Bill Kristol has a piece in the Weekly Standard in which he writes: And now the last of them is gone. Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II””three who won the Cold War and, it isn’t too much … Continue reading →
Margaret Thatcher has died at 87 after a period of failing health. There are really not enough superlatives to describe her leadership, clarity, and strength of character. It’s very difficult to think of a person of her stature alive today. … Continue reading →
As Barry Mills, president of Bowdoin College, learned: One day in the summer of 2010, Barry Mills, the president of Bowdoin College, a respected liberal-arts school in Brunswick, Maine, met investor and philanthropist Thomas Klingenstein for a round of golf … Continue reading →
It had to happen, didn’t it? The MSM and the left (is that becoming redundant?) scours Republican utterances for evidence of bigotry on a daily (perhaps hourly?) basis. And sure enough, every now and then someone slips according to the … Continue reading →
What slippery slope? See this: Above, you’ll find a short video composed of the floor speeches some top Democrats made about SSM. At the time, Republicans wanted to block gay marriage in Massachusetts by amending the constitution with an official … Continue reading →
…don’t take “helpful” advice from columnists on the left about what you should or should not do. They are, by definition, concern trolls. And I’m not at all impressed by articles like this one about how Obama’s popularity has fallen. … Continue reading →
…as a hostile takeover?: Multiple sources tell L.A. Weekly that Charles and David Koch — the infamous right-wing billionaire brothers — are considering an offer on either the Tribune Co. newspaper group, which includes the L.A. Times, the Chicago Tribune … Continue reading →
…and most of the Republicans in Congress don’t really seem to want to do very much of it. There’s a reason for that: human nature. Such cuts are unpopular with people. Ever since the 1930s, this country and Europe have … Continue reading →
A jury found that conservative professor Theresa Wagner was discriminated against by the University of Iowa Law School and denied a job promotion because of her politics, but she can’t collect because the Dean was found by the jury to … Continue reading →
That book of Conly’s is the gift that keeps on giving, isn’t it? Much fascinating discussion in yesterday’s thread, which is not even the first time we’ve discussed it (see also this and this). I especially recommend your wading through … Continue reading →