This observation by Robert Frost has long been one of my favorite descriptions of a liberal: A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel. Of course, that’s only true when the quarrel is … Continue reading →
I’ve just spent a fruitless hour trying to find the source from which I’d copied the following Allan Bloom quote some time ago. Somehow I’d lost the link, and now I can’t find it again. But I thought I’d present … Continue reading →
…who seems to get it—Diane Black of Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District: If President Obama can unilaterally decide which parts of the law he must enforce, what is to prevent the next president, regardless of party, from unilaterally deciding to not … Continue reading →
…and therefore has set out to destroy him. Cruz is their worst nightmare: a brainy and fearless conservative with impeccable intellectual Ivy League credentials and minority ethnicity to boot. But they feel fully up to the task of turning him … Continue reading →
Here’s a photo of Wilt Chamberlain in fourth grade, in 1945. It’s pretty easy to spot him in the crowd: The author writes: [Chamberlain’s] almost twice the size of some of his classmates in this photo (see the girl in … Continue reading →
No, this is not the Onion: “As I transition into this next phase of my life, I want everyone to know the real me. I am Chelsea Manning. I am a female. Given the way that I feel, and have … Continue reading →
The MSM seems to be treating this as a very big story. I can’t imagine why, although for them I suppose it’s a sort of inside baseball. But I’ll provide this thread for those of you who want to talk … Continue reading →
Why surprising? After all, he’s 67. But George W. Bush seemed to be in superb health and took very good care of himself. Did all the right things. And yet: a stent was placed in an artery following blockage discovered … Continue reading →
On Saturday Robert Mugabe won the election in Zimbabwe handily against challenger Morgan Tsvangirai. Republicans: take note, and don’t make the mistakes Tsvangirai made. As for Obama and his fellow leftists: they’ve been taking notes all along. And here’s how … Continue reading →
Look, I want to give Bill Cosby his props. He’s been speaking up courageously for years on the problems within the black community, and he’s gotten a lot of flak for it. It can’t have been easy for him. Here … Continue reading →
Here it is: “I think what Kate [Middleton] has done for new moms has really given them a tremendous gift,” thebump.com editor Lori Richmond told ABC News. The duchess glowed as she debuted her little prince outside St. Mary’s Hospital … Continue reading →
…Strauss-Kahn should just run for mayor of New York. And lest you say “he can’t; he’s French,” I don’t see any impediment. I could be missing something, but the rules say nothing about being a US citizen: Requirements: The Mayor … Continue reading →