From commenter “djf”: The ignorance of the average voter — even the average educated, affluent voter — is difficult to fathom for those of us who are more engaged, even if we’re not obsessive about it. A year or so … Continue reading →
Of course he does. Of course he does. This is a recurrent dream of the left, and de Blasio shared it. After all, one can’t have smart kids getting special treatment; they must be sacrificed to the average. It reminds … Continue reading →
I recently had to buy a spool of blue thread to repair a shirt I have, and so I went to Walmart. I purchased a large spool for $2.44, which I think you’ll agree is a bargain in this day … Continue reading →
I’m finished editing Gerard’s poetry book, and the cover’s being designed as well. What’s left? Printing it and distributing it, and there are decisions to be made about those things, too. Last time a friend did the mailings, but that … Continue reading →
Or at least – through the eyes of a goodly number of Democrats I know. I had a meal yesterday with about eight friends and acquaintances. All of them are Democrats, although I wouldn’t call any of them intensely political. … Continue reading →
That’s a famous line from the movie The Dark Knight: It’s a description of the pure chaotic nihilistic impulse. I think that tells us something about Antifa, and also certain murderers whose motives we know little about such as the … Continue reading →
… and although I’m very close to finished, I recently hit an extremely frustrating formatting snag. Formatting the essay book wasn’t easy, but it was a piece of cake compared to formatting poetry. The settings that purport to be appropriate … Continue reading →
The other day I came across the obituary of someone I knew as a college freshman. I wasn’t looking for information about her, but I saw it nevertheless. I almost wrote “I came across the obituary of a girl I … Continue reading →
The summary version: he’s (knock wood) doing a great deal better. The major crisis – which lasted about four months and required three or four visits to the ER (I forget exactly how many), one hospital stay of several days, … Continue reading →
When I was very young – in my early teens – I was alone, flipping around the TV dial late one night, and came across the Ingmar Bergman movie The Virgin Spring. It’s not for young people. I didn’t know … Continue reading →
For all of you who tried to visit this site past about 10 AM today, you probably were met with an assortment of messages indicting the blog had gone down. That happens now and then, unfortunately, but this was different. … Continue reading →
… with updating this blog on a cellphone? I have no trouble at all viewing it on my laptop. But for the last day or two my cellphone keeps showing versions from a couple of hours earlier, and I have … Continue reading →