RIP Mike Adams
Professor Mike Adams’ death has been ruled a suicide. No doubt many people will consider this a coverup for a homicide. I am not one of those people, and it would take some new revelation to make me cross over … Continue reading →
Category Archives: People of interest
And now for something completely different – Karen Carpenter explained
A voice teacher analyzes Karen Carpenter’s singing: I would describe her voice much more simply: “like velvet.” Or “like syrup; like honey.” But he is far more astute, pointing out all the shadings and change-ups that the rest of us … Continue reading →
Allan Bloom again, on the genesis of what’s happening now
[NOTE: The following is a revised and updated version of a post I wrote over seven years ago, based on Allan Bloom’s book published in 1987.] I’ve written before about Allan Bloom’s masterful The Closing of the American Mind, published … Continue reading →
Happy 90th Birthday Thomas Sowell – our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Today is Thomas Sowell’s 90th birthday, and I want to wish him a happy one. Sowell may also be happy today that he’s been retired for several years, because chronicling our current mess is not fun, although I would dearly … Continue reading →
Glenn Loury on how we’re being swept along by hysteria about racism in America
Recommended, especially the first half hour or so:
Continue reading →Today is the 11th anniversary of commenter FredHJr’s death
[NOTE: The following is a somewhat revised version of a post that has appeared previously on this blog.] Unbelievable that it’s been eleven years since commenter FredHJr died suddenly and tragically. As time passes, the number of readers here who … Continue reading →
What’s going on with Judge Sullivan? [Part I]
[NOTE: Here’s my attempt to tackle the question of what may have sparked Judge Sullivan’s behavior in the Flynn case. It’s probably going to be a two-parter, of which this is the first installment. So, what’s going on here? Let … Continue reading →
Kaleigh McEnany is a word warrior
You may have seen the clip elsewhere already, because it’s all around the right side of the blogosphere. But here are the closing moments from new WH press secretary Kaleigh McEnany’s press conference yesterday: “Prepared” doesn’t even begin to describe … Continue reading →
Chrissie Hynde speaks out for something that used to be ordinary but is now getting to be extraordinary
I’m referring to the idea that differences of opinion about politics are okay, and people can love one another despite them. Here’s what I’m talking about: On Twitter, the Ohio-born singer [who was the lead singer of the rock group … Continue reading →
Dark duos: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre
Simone de Beauvoir and her even-more-famous lover Jean-Paul Sartre, darlings of feminists and the left, were loathsome characters in their personal lives as well in their politics, despite the heroic and self-aggrandizing legends they took great pains to establish. When … Continue reading →
RIP Sir Roger Scruton
A great loss. Among the tributes listed there I think the one I like best is by Boris Johnson: “We have lost the greatest modern conservative thinker – who not only had the guts to say what he thought but … Continue reading →
Royal ennui: Harry and Meghan want out. Sort of.
British royals Meghan and Harry must have gotten tired of all those ceremonies: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex delivered the announcement on Wednesday that they plan to reduce their roles in the royal family, split their time between the … Continue reading →