I haven’t followed the case in any detail, although a couple of people have told me about it and I’ve read a few articles. But for anyone who’s interested, the verdict was for Depp: …[The jury returned] a verdict in … Continue reading →
Here’s some of what Roger Simon writes: …[W]hat Engelbrecht and Phillips have done is to turn on its head what concerns many American citizen…that our government and Big Tech, separately and together, have been spying on our activities and whereabouts … Continue reading →
Not Walt’s, either. Chris Rufo reports: In the wake of Florida’s Parental Rights in Education legislation, which prevents public schools from promoting gender ideology in kindergarten through third grade but which critics call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, Disney executives … Continue reading →
I used to watch the Oscars every year for the fashions. That was fun. And I even liked some of the movies. Then it became way too annoying to watch the Oscars. I didn’t care for the new movies themselves, … Continue reading →
Alec Baldwin has been a vociferous advocate of stricter gun control, but yesterday he fired a prop gun on a movie set, unintentionally killing the cinematographer and seriously injuring the director. I’ve read quite a few opinion pieces that assume … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Yesterday I noticed a discussion in the open thread about stone walls in New England and elsewhere. I thought I’d link to a post I wrote about stone walls, but – as sometimes happens – I discovered there was … Continue reading →
When I saw this news story about a Biden administration proposal for the feds to monitor “all business and personal accounts from financial institutions, including bank, loan, and investment accounts,” it struck me – and certainly not for the first … Continue reading →
The French actor Jean-Paul Belmondo has died at 88. Quite a few of the tributes to Belmondo call him “handsome.” That surprises me, because I never thought him handsome. He was something else – unique and compelling and magnetic. I … Continue reading →
Let’s have a happier discussion. In this thread, I was asked to give my opinion on Fred Astaire versus Gene Kelly. So here it is. Kelly was excellent. Astaire was transcendent. Kelly was a strong and very good dancer. Astaire … Continue reading →
Sometimes the great and the famous are arrogant, or they become arrogant. But not Fred Astaire: His perfectionism was legendary, but his relentless insistence on rehearsals and retakes was a burden to some. When time approached for the shooting of … Continue reading →
Yes, indeed: Career politician President Biden is being mocked for claiming he used to drive an 18-wheeler truck — with the White House only able to show he was once a passenger in one. The 48-year political veteran made the … Continue reading →
Biden loves to threaten people and then to brag about threatening people. For example, the tale of Corn Pop: Biden has publicly repeated several stories of him rebuking racial division and has relayed one specific incident detailed in his autobiography … Continue reading →