I’m not what you’d call a fashionista. But I’ve always liked clothes, and I like to look nice. Over the years, fashion has gotten less pretty and less formal. I used to have a raft of skirts and dresses, and … Continue reading →
Commenter “Eva Marie” writes: Those of us who support Pres. Trump need to change the mind of one voter – to either vote for Trump instead of Biden or vote 3rd party instead of Biden. I did this prior to … Continue reading →
Or perhaps they already have. I’ve written before about how a course I took in college on Russian Intellectual History stopped me from joining the left in the late 60s. Here’s an excerpt: It was there I learned – without … Continue reading →
As Kathy Shaidle writes in her discussion of the life of Valerie Solanas, the woman who wrote an anti-male manifesto and then came very close to murdering Andy Warhol in that annus horribilis 1968: Yesterday’s mental illness is today’s social … Continue reading →
Sorry about the late start. I had a lovely night last night. It featured a pretty severe gall bladder attack. That may be Too Much Information, but let me just say this is a rather new affliction for me, one … Continue reading →
Nearly impossible to do – except in the wrong direction. That’s been my observation as well. And no – lo-carb or Taubes or Atkins doesn’t work for me nor for a lot of other people. I’m happy for you if … Continue reading →
Even though political speeches are not my thing, I watched Trump’s speech at Mount Rushmore last night (you can find a video and transcript at American Digest). It was a well-crafted story of America’s past and a pledge about America’s … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a repeat of a previous post from many years ago. It was written in the springtime during a visit to New York. Reading it now, it seems almost archaic in some ways – in particular, the crowds … Continue reading →
Give them numbers. That way the names will never have to be changed as the historical revisionists expand their targets – at least, I doubt that numbers will ever be their targets, although I wouldn’t put it past them. When … Continue reading →
Here’s an article that’s well worth reading. Towards the end the author says that if you think that things have gone too far – that wokeness has become “a danger to the traditional American understanding of civic law and liberty” … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly revised repeat of a previous post – and today’s attempt to get away from politics.] When I was in junior high school, there was a large poster of the Periodic Table of the Elements that … Continue reading →
That is the question – or at least, one of the questions. I know that some of you – maybe most of you – are feeling some despair right now. Maybe a lot of despair. What we’ve been seeing – … Continue reading →