Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has received a fifteen-month prison sentence for the bank withdrawal charges involving the payment of hush money to one of his sexual abuse victims (which I had discussed previously here). They can’t get him on … Continue reading →
It isn’t so often that you get two singer-songwriters who marry and then divorce, and who both write songs about it. Two offerings in this genre are from Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, who were married for a few … Continue reading →
Why has one story gotten a lot of coverage and the other story very little? I guess not all National Enquirer gossip is created equal. I suggest it all be ignored until proven true. But I doubt most people will … Continue reading →
As time has gone on, Trump has become more and more unpopular with women voters, and that includes Republican women: This month, about half (47 percent) of Republican female primary voters said they could not imagine themselves voting for Trump. … Continue reading →
Photographer Sally Mann wrote a lengthy article in which she justifies, explains, expounds, and defends some controversial photos she took of her own children. She asserts that, since her children had the final say over every photo and whether it … Continue reading →
And demographically speaking, 123 men to 100 women (as is now estimated to be the case in Sweden) is not usually a good thing, as China has already discovered : Under each of these scenarios, large numbers of young men … Continue reading →
Now that I’ve caught your attention– The title of this NY Magazine article: “No Pill? No Prob. Meet the Pullout Generation” certainly caught mine. Reading it was one of the most bizarre experiences I’ve had in a long time. The … Continue reading →
The NY Post editorial board wonders: Gen. John Kelly, USMC, is retiring after more than four decades as an active-duty Marine. His “greatest fear,” he says, is that the vast “equal opportunity” pressure for women in combat roles will lead … Continue reading →
I’d never heard the term till now, but I was aware of the phenomenon of “taharrush”. Anyone who read the story of what happened to Lara Logan in Egypt back in 2011 should have been well aware of the same … Continue reading →
…Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch. Yep, Jerry Hall and Rupert Murdoch. Thus proving Kissinger’s old adage that power (and let’s add money) is a great aphrodisiac—sometimes quoted as the “ultimate aphrodisiac.” I want to pause for a moment and add … Continue reading →
Helsinki has had some problems much like Cologne’s, but not quite as widespread: Asylum seekers who met in central Helsinki to celebrate New Years’s Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault and other crimes as those who targeted women … Continue reading →
…this story, in which two young people who met when one donated a portion of his liver to the other ended up falling in love and are engaged to marry. There’s a video at the link, but it can’t be … Continue reading →