Broadway giant Harold Prince has died: It is impossible to speak of the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century without invoking Prince’s name. He is associated in some crucial way with a majority of the … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article about how Virginia Apgar came up with the Apgar scoring system for newborn babies, back in 1952. Till then: There [had been] no routine examination of the newborns’ vital signs and, if there was, the methods … Continue reading →
I’m aware that there are people who say that Mueller’s befuddled performance on Wednesday was all an act. I maintain it was not. He would have to be a thespian of Academy Award-winning skills (and then some) to pull it … Continue reading →
Wouldn’t you like to be a fly on the wall when these two get together in private? Whatever else you might say about them—their similarities and their differences—one thing they share is that both are highly entertaining. Not to their … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell is one of my favorite writers and thinkers. I’ve written about him many times before. I recommend reading this tribute to Sowell in honor of his 89th birthday, and I especially agree with this: Milton Friedman once said, … Continue reading →
People like the patrician British double agent Kim Philby fascinate me. Are they natural cons who are drawn to the game aspect of spying? Are they True Believers? Psychopaths? Idealists? Narcissists? Some of the above? All of the above? Kim … Continue reading →
Not that AOC actually cares about history. AOC is a rabble rouser and a demagogue. She may be ignorant about a particular fact or she may actually know the truth and be blatantly lying about it. But either way, she … Continue reading →
Franco Zeffirelli died Saturday at the venerable age of 96. But to me, he was and always will be the director of the 1968 film “Romeo and Juliet,” a movie that breathed extraordinary life into Shakespeare. The sweep, color, costumes, … Continue reading →
Can you imagine what the headlines would look like if a Republican had claimed on his/her tax returns that Person A was his/her spouse while still married to Person B? But when Ms. Intersectionality does it, crickets. At least, according … Continue reading →
I find NeverTrumpers interesting. Are they political changers, or political fail-to-changers? Are they virulent anti-Trumpers because of class and style objections, elitism, being part of the DC circle, desire to curry favor with liberal friends, or (as most of them … Continue reading →
…to blogger Gerard Vanderleun on the loss of his beloved and wonderful mother, aged 104 and a half. Please see this. RIP.
Continue reading →Ilhan Omar is in a pack of trouble. Or she would be, if she weren’t a member of several intersectional groups generally protected by the MSM, the Democrats, and the left (that’s redundant, I know): Democrat, leftist, woman, Somalian, immigrant, … Continue reading →