Commenter “sailorcurt” makes a interesting point concerning the Titan submersible when he writes: Freedom also comes with the responsibility to accept the consequences for those choices and actions. “Did the waiver that had to be signed by the clients/tourists actually … Continue reading →
Commenter “stan” writes: I got a real bad case of the sads this morning. Oh, I’m angry. I’m ready to fight. But for a few moments I felt grief. America is dead. It’s been dying since 1993 and the finishing … Continue reading →
Here’s the piece on Kristol by Judge. It’s interesting, although Judge doesn’t really come up with an answer to the question. But I didn’t expect him to. I’ve long pondered what happened to Kristol, and haven’t really come up with … Continue reading →
As many of you may know, I’m trying to publish a book of Gerard’s essays and also one of his poetry. The only avenue seems to be self-publishing; I’ve explored various conventional publishers and there aren’t any takers. So I’ve … Continue reading →
Disney has just released a live action version of “The Little Mermaid.” Some people have panned it, in particular compared to the 1989 animated film of the same story that was very popular and highly praised. But I’ve never seen … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Here’s a post from 2005 – ancient history – that I thought might be fun to recycle.] Here are some lesser-known facts about folks who live in New England. And by “New England,” I mean the part I know … Continue reading →
Exhibit A – the Walgreens of the future: Walgreens, which has closed about 750 stores in the last few years, just debuted a theft-resistant format in a redesigned store in downtown Chicago. As CWBChicago reports, it has a lot more … Continue reading →
I was recently in a very blue city, having dinner in a restaurant. There were two couples at a table near me who had fairly loud voices – not obnoxiously so, but loud enough to easily hear because the restaurant … Continue reading →
The Moody Blues were big in the late 60s. But for reasons I never could quite articulate, their music creeped me out at the time. It didn’t make sense that I disliked their songs, because they had many elements I … Continue reading →
It’s a given that the left and the MSM hate DeSantis and will do their best to destroy him. It’s also a given, apparently, that the portion of the right one might call EverTrumpers also detest DeSantis. People who’ve read … Continue reading →
I wrote a post yesterday about the preponderance of “woke” therapists, and today at Instapundit I see a piece with a link to this article in Commentary about social justice couples therapy. Of course. The Commentary piece refers to this … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly-edited repeat of my traditional Mother’s Day post. It was written while my mother was still alive.] Okay, who are these three dark beauties? A hint: one of them is one of the very first pictures … Continue reading →