A little while ago I wrote a post featuring great monotonous songs. Today I’m going to write about great crescendo songs, which consist of either a single crescendo or in some cases a series of crescendos. A lot of songs … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is Part I a two-part series from the early days of my blog, January of 2006. I came across the posts by accident the other day and decided to re-post them. If you want to take a look … Continue reading →
The Department of Justice has released its report on the police force of Ferguson, triggered by its investigation of possible charges against Darren Wilson. The charges were dropped because all the credible evidence pointed to his innocence, but the report … Continue reading →
Now that Iran has been so much in the news lately, I though it might of interest to revisit the words of the regime’s founder, Ayatollah Khomeini, who is still much revered in that country. First, we have his supple … Continue reading →
And I wish someone would ask it of him. For real. Please read my new essay in The Weekly Standard, and pass it on to anyone you know who could ask Obama or who knows someone who could ask him … Continue reading →
A lot of people on the left might think the phrase “conservative comedy” could only be either (1) a sarcastic description of everything the right does, or (2) an oxymoron. I once had an argument with an acquaintance on the … Continue reading →
I’ve said many times on this blog that I don’t like political speeches and generally hate to listen to them, except for Churchill’s. But I immediately noticed a phrase in Netanyahu’s speech today that I think was his tribute to … Continue reading →
Roger Simon calls the pending Iran deal possibly “the worst deal ever made,” and issues a prediction that could be correct: I don’t enjoy making predictions because I’m usually wrong, but this is what I suspect will transpire as of … Continue reading →
…represents a warning shot: How could such a prominent politician ”” a founder of the opposition Solidarity Party, a sitting member of the Yaroslavl city parliament ”” be gunned down so brazenly, within steps of the Kremlin? “We didn’t kill … Continue reading →
That’s not my title. It’s the title of a John Cassidy piece that appeared at The New Yorker website. I’ll briefly summarize what Cassidy is saying in his essay: Scott Walker is a bottom-dwelling POS who panders to the worst … Continue reading →
In this op-ed, Scott Walker channels Newt Gingrich minus all the nastiness—although Newt wouldn’t really be Newt without the nastiness. Why do I say Walker is being like Gingrich? I remember, back in the 2012 Republican primaries, one of the … Continue reading →
It occurs to me that some of the disagreement we had in this thread reflects the fact that there are actually two populations to which the Republican Party could appeal. The first is the base, the “preaching to the choir” … Continue reading →