This just isn’t right
Elephants really, really don’t deserve this (although the zoo keepers seem to have good motives):
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All violence is equal, but some violence is more equal than others
Movie review one: The movie is a viscerally exciting, adrenaline-soaked tour de force of suspense and surprise, full of explosions and hectic scenes of combat, but it blows a hole in the condescending assumption that such effects are just empty spectacle or mindless noise. [snip] Ms. Bigelow, practicing a kind
Continue readingThe media’s Michael Jackson worship *UPDATED*
Jonah Goldberg expresses beautifully everything that’s wrong with the media’s coverage about Michael Jackson’s death: Generally speaking, I’m a believer in the rule that we should not speak ill of the dead. Or at least we should wait a decent interval before doing so (if we never spoke ill of
Continue readingUnofficial poll about Romney’s electibility
I know that, in the run-up to the to the 2008 presidential election, many Christians said that they could not vote for Romney because he is a Mormon. I’m wondering if that’s changed. Romney may be a Mormon but Obama is, well, Obama. For true Christians, can there be a
Continue readingWho are you going to believe?
It says an enormous amount about Nancy Pelosi’s credibility that the public, by a two to one margin, believes spooks rather than her.
Continue reading“Brian Ferry is completely cool.”
I’d never heard of Brian Ferry when I arrived in England many, many years ago. One of my roommates was shocked: “Brian Ferry is completely cool,” she said. If you ignore the funny faces he makes and the weird bolo tie, this song makes her case: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk-hVaI0R24[/youtube] And here’s another
Continue readingBright boy
The other day, I posted my favorite Bee Gee’s song, Nights on Broadway. I played it for my son and he, bless his heart, liked it so much he put it on his iTouch. “That’s a great song.” That’s my boy. I have to say, listening to these old dance
Continue readingLosses to the American fabric
Rick, at Brutally Honest, helps put Jackson’s and Fawcett’s deaths in perspective. He doesn’t diminish those two personal tragedies; he just, as I said, puts them in perspective.
Continue readingWonderful Watchers
This is the fantastic Watcher’s Council stuff I’m getting to read right now. I’m struggling mightily to cast my votes, because I find the contributions uniformly excellent. Council Submissions The Provocateur – Too Good To Check: How the Conservative Media Unwittingly Smeared ACORN and Handed Them a Gift Joshuapundit –
Continue readingSinging siblings
Last week it was the Bee Gees. This week, I’ve got the Andrews Sisters for you: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9LnVFkicmg[/youtube]
Continue readingFarrah Fawcett, RIP *UPDATED: Michael Jackson, RIP”
I came of age in the 1970s, when Farrah Fawcett was probably the most popular pin-up in America. Whether running dashingly around on Charlie’s Angels, or smiling brightly, yet provocatively, in her famous red swimsuit picture, she was everywhere. Those images are so vivid in my mind, it’s hard to
Continue readingBarack Obama: Colonial Oppressor
I consider this a must-read, both because the premise is fascinating and because it is a fresh, and believable, look, at the psyche of a man who seems determined to turn America into a pseudo-Marxist style third world nation: My friends, despite what CNN and the rest are telling you,
Continue readingBefore you hand over your money
Obama wants more and more of our money, so that they government can exercise more and more control over every aspect of our lives. John Hindraker has the bottom-line about that worldview: The real lesson of the Sanford fiasco is, given the frequency with which politicians display appalling judgment, weak
Continue readingReal men — and the babyish guys in Hollywood movies
As you all know, over the years I’ve been fascinated by male and female roles in America. As the mother of a very manly little 10 year old, I take male role models in this culture very seriously. I’ve therefore noticed (and commented upon) the way in which our society
Continue readingYeah, what she said about Gov. Sanford
I have to admit to having tepid interest, at best, in the affairs of Gov. Mark Sanford. He was never more than a blip on my radar, and now he’s simply morphed into a sordid blip. To the extent I have anything to say on the subject, I think Terresa
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