The Classiness of Apathy
I think the right-wing gloating over the demise of Keith Olberman’s show is a little tacky (see, e.g., here). From everything I read, it seems that Olberman was a jerk who made O’Reilly look subtle and...
View ArticleTongue of Newt
If you want more Gingrich bashing (we’re starting to think of him as a pinata that even the blind can whack from any angle these days), you could start with John Kass: “There’s no question at times of...
View ArticleOnce again, read the whole thing
John Derbyshire once mostly praised a book that J. Michael Bailey had written; Derb is, depending on your point of view, either a grouchy but honest commentator on matters, or a sort of troll who...
View ArticleKids Get Indoctrinated in the Darndest Ways
Via Prof. Althouse: Aren’t you forgetting a thing or 2? You’ve got them chanting “Hey hey, ho ho, Scott Walker has got to go” — but what do they know about Scott Walker? That he’s done something the...
View ArticleOooooowwwwwwwch
It hurts me on the inside to watch this. I’m glad we no longer have a stupid, bumbling president, otherwise this would be proof of his stupidity and of America’s ignorance of the world.
View ArticleThin, Multiracial Skin
A few weeks ago Drudge linked to a story where Cornell West made some fairly derogatory comments about the president. Because I’m not a fan of Prof. West, and because the comments were of a racial...
View ArticleIt’s Like Everyone Lost, But I Lost Less Than Most
I don’t want people to be accused of crimes they didn’t commit; I particularly don’t want people to be extorted to pay money to protect their names. But: If someone were to tell me, “A would-be...
View ArticleGeorge R. R. Martin: Man-Hater
Sady Doyle’s review of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic, A Song of Ice and Fire — whose first volume, Game of Thrones, was recently adapted for television by HBO — is a classic example of literary...
View ArticleLessons Learned?
Those who read automotive blogs will already be familiar with this story; a bunch of young’uns in Vancouver took their really fast cars on a really fast group joyride. The list of cars is impressive,...
View ArticleBooing, Sporting Events, and We
Back in my political campaign days, an old political hand once advised me to try to avoid having a candidate visit a sporting event. His reasoning was that fans are more than a little irrational in...
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