There’s been praise and condemnation for Francis’ intervention in the Cuba deal: Many Catholics worldwide have expressed pride in seeing Francis stirring hopes of progress in communist Cuba, but some Cuban-Americans say their spiritual leader betrayed them. “I’m still Catholic … Continue reading →
Paul Cassell lists seven steps Eric Holder should take in the wake of Ferguson, the Garner incident, and the murder of officers Ramos and Liu. I say: dream on, Mr. Cassell. I predict that Holder will not comply with a … Continue reading →
Elizabeth Warren made a speech condemning a provision in the new CRomnibus bill that gives banks more leeway about a rather small class of risky derivatives, and the media and the left have anointed her the new Democratic frontrunner, the … Continue reading →
I’ve always liked this portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent: Here’s the story of the painting, thought quite scandalous at the time. The original was even more scandalous, because it featured the lady with a strap falling off … Continue reading →
Even Sabrina Rubin Erdely and Stephen Glass combined couldn’t make this stuff up.
Continue reading →In my earlier post about the release of the Senate’s Intelligence Committee’s report on harsh interrogation practices under the Bush administration, I characterized the report as a partisan attempt to return to the good old days of Bush-bashing, when Democrats … Continue reading →
Let’s not forget good old Obamacare. The administration hasn’t, and the lies keep coming: On Dec. 3, federal actuaries released data showing that health spending inched up only 3.6 percent in 2013. Marilyn Tavenner, the head of Medicare and Medicaid, … Continue reading →
If you’re going to buy the venerable liberal publication The New Republic only to turn it into a “digital media company,” why bother to buy it at all? Why not just start your own digital media company and leave TNR … Continue reading →
I used to be a basketball fan, but haven’t watched the sport in decades. I do remember Barkley quite vividly as a player, for his hulking (he was stocky rather than super-tall) aggressiveness that sometimes segued into combativeness. Odd that … Continue reading →
In all the articles I’ve read that try to figure out what’s up with the Hagel ousting, I’ve been impressed by how little is actually known about it. What does it signal? My opinion is that it signals nothing more … Continue reading →
A lot of people were up in arms—and rightly so, IMHO—when the NY Times published Darren Wilson’s address, thus facilitating those who would do him harm. So I was happy to see that, before it was ever published, the address … Continue reading →
Now the University of Massachusetts has decided to rid itself of its association with Bill Cosby which goes back decades: A university spokesman told the Boston Globe on Wednesday university officials had asked Cosby to step down as an honorary … Continue reading →