The suicide of Robin Williams has started a lengthy discussion of depression, with those who’ve suffered from it trying to describe its depths, and why depression could drive a man like Williams to do what he did. Depression is an … Continue reading →
A different kind of death, a different kind of life, but another Hollywood icon is dead: Lauren Bacall at 89. She was a great beauty with even more personality, and her husky voice just accented her allure. As for clips, … Continue reading →
When I first heard the news of Robin Williams’ death I thought it shocking because he was “only” 63. When just a moment later it came out that he probably had killed himself, that was even more shocking. But then, … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting interview with Edward Jay Epstein on Edward Snowden, found at Powerline: If you look back, I figured out very early on that Snowden had only taken the Booz job in order to steal the files. The timeline … Continue reading →
In June The New Republic published an article about famous lefty journalist Chris Hedges’, whose egregious plagiarism had been discovered by Harper’s in 2010 when he submitted an article with obvious unattributed borrowings from other sources: …[T]his discovery shocked the … Continue reading →
Hear, hear! Sessions actually seems to know something about political tactics and strategy (and what commenter “eric” would call “the activist game”). Which is more than I can say for most of the GOP. And although I’m not all that … Continue reading →
The kindest thing you can say about John Kerry’s behavior during the Gaza/Israel negotiations is that he is in way over his head. To believe that you’d have to believe he means well, which I don’t think is true. But … Continue reading →
I was going to write a post on John Kerry’s outrageous conduct in the negotiations over a Gaza ceasefire, but Bookworm has already written much of it for me, comparing Kerry’s current appeasement of Hamas with his long-ago attempts at … Continue reading →
[Note: A commenter recently alerted me to this 2009 article by David Horowitz about Obama’s Alinsky roots which described the aims of his presidency. I’d like to give that commenter a hat tip, but I can’t seem to locate who … Continue reading →
There’s a long, long article in TNR that purports to be “The Explosive, Inside Story of How John Kerry Built an Israel-Palestine Peace Plan””and Watched It Crumble.” It’s worth reading, but maybe not for the reasons the author intended it … Continue reading →
A few weeks ago I was looking at some old comment threads to find some apropos quotes from commenter FredHJr for a post on the fifth anniversary of his death, and I came across a few extra ones that I … Continue reading →
She says not. But her fellow progressives seem to ♥ Warren even more than they ♥ Hillary. Take a look a this speech of Warren’s to see how it goes. One thing I had not realized before, but which Dan … Continue reading →