The holidays are edging—or maybe rushing—ever closer. If you’re starting to panic, don’t! There’s always trusty Amazon, just a click away on neo-neocon. I’m happy and grateful for everything you buy through clicking on one of my Amazon widgets, or … Continue reading →
It seems as though every ship disaster has at least one goat and at least one hero. Titanic had many self-sacrificing heroes, and it had Bruce Ismay as the main goat, although there were others. Captain Edward Smith was both … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of comments around the blogosphere from people who feel angry because the present primary system so often leads to the nominee being chosen (de facto, anyway) quite early on. The complaint goes like this: Why should … Continue reading →
…sounds much worse than I’d originally thought. The captain’s been arrested and is being investigated for possible manslaughter and abandoning ship. Passengers report that there was delay in launching the lifeboats, and general chaos. Three people are reported dead and … Continue reading →
A mountain lion traveled from South Dakota to New Haven, a distance of 2000 miles: Biologists estimate the size of the mountain lion population at about 100,000 in North America, mostly living in western regions and seldom traveling more than … Continue reading →
There’s Armageddon, and then there’s Carmageddon. No, it’s not the time when all your past deeds come back to haunt you in a karmic tsunami. It’s the temporary closing this weekend (to make repairs) of that part of LA Freeway … Continue reading →
Here’s another story of political change, this time from Rima Greene, a Jewish leftist feminist lesbian (yep, all four) in San Francisco who woke up to a few realizations [emphasis mine]: When I was part of the Left, I thought … Continue reading →
The NY Times features an article by Janny Scott, who’s written a book about Obama’s mother Stanley Ann Dunham. The article focuses on her sojourn with her son in Indonesia, occurring when Obama was 6 to 10 years old, and … Continue reading →
Bret Stephens indicates in the WSJ that much of the world seems to think the answer is “no,” and that any sort of violence can be perpetrated on the settlers with impunity and even applause. Stephens points out the moral … Continue reading →
This spammer doth protest too much, methinks. To begin with, the name “TNT Courier Service” does not inspire confidence. And then there are the disclaimers I have bolded: I am Mr.David White , i have been waiting for you since … Continue reading →
It has become impossible to dismiss the idea that the Obama administration has decided that Britain is no longer to be treated as our ally. A series of disses, beginning with but hardly limited to the return of a bust … Continue reading →
I’m not a Hillary Clinton fan. But I must say she has surprised me with the depth of her subservience to the Obama foreign policy vision, and her ability to compromise whatever integrity she might have had left as she … Continue reading →