The time has come to debunk once and for all the myth that Marilyn Monroe was fat, or even somewhat heavy. I’m not the first one to have tried (see this, for example). And yet the notion persists that she … Continue reading →
You may notice I haven’t yet written anything about Rush Limbaugh’s comments about Sandra Fluke’s sex life and the issue of compensation to pay for contraception, and the furor they’ve caused. Why? Because I don’t write much about Rush Limbaugh, … Continue reading →
…reminiscence about that unique, funny, effervescent wild man Andrew Breitbart. It’s written by Matt Labash of the Weekly Standard, who does a good job of showing why so very many people couldn’t help but like Breitbart—including Bill Ayers. Yep, that … Continue reading →
No one can be replaced, but some people seem more irreplaceable than others, and Andrew Breitbart was one of them. He was also one of the last people whose death announcement I expected to read today. He was young. He … Continue reading →
Edward Villella’s position at the helm of the Miami Ballet appears to be in trouble. You might ask: Who? What? If you read the piece, you’ll see that the issue seems to be one that pervades the arts these days, … Continue reading →
I have trouble with the hagiography of Martin Luther King. Yes, he was a great man who did a great thing for which he should be duly honored: he was an inspirational figure in the non-violent civil rights movement in … Continue reading →
Regular readers of this blog know that economics is not my field of expertise, although I’m familiar enough with the subject to know that common sense doesn’t get a person very far, and that there’s a great deal of argument … Continue reading →
…if he were elected president? I’ve read many comments (at this blog and other sites) like this one from “geran” on the subject: “The worse habit of a ‘True Conservative’ is a certain disconnect with reality of any sort.” I’m … Continue reading →
Stephen Glass, notorious liar of “Shattered Glass” and TNR journalistic fame, is a Georgetown Law School graduate and paralegal who is currently fighting to be admitted to the California Bar. He passed the Bar Exam there a few years ago, … Continue reading →
My goodness, what a vale of tears Newt Gingrich had to overcome with a childhood like this! It makes Bill Clinton’s family look like the Waltons. [Hat tip: Althouse.] [NOTE: The title of this post is a riff on this. … Continue reading →
A brave man, dead at 75 after a long, fruitful, and eventful life that had many twistings and turnings, Havel went from prison as a dissident to a long tenure as president during a time of transition from the Communism … Continue reading →
The fact that Christopher Hitchens’ death has long been expected doesn’t make it any easier to see it announced. I disagreed with him nearly as often as I agreed with him. But he was a writer of inimitable style and … Continue reading →