Bookworm Beat 2/24/19 — the Billy Porter illustrated edition
Billy Porter’s Scarlett O’Hara attire at the Oscars thrilled fashionistas and depressed me, so it’s the lead entry in tonight’s illustrated edition.
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The Bookworm Beat 11/19/17 — the illustrated edition
There’s something for everyone (at least everyone with sound common sense, an informed mind, and a good brain) in my latest illustrated edition. I had a post I wanted to write today, but haven’t yet figured out how to do it without violating someone’s privacy. So, while I wrestle with
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Transgender folks in the military — this is what the slippery slope looks like
Obama planted a poison pill when he put transgender folks in the military. Republicans should discharge them, instead of quibbling about surgery. Two interesting headlines about transgender people in the military. The first comes from Gateway Pundit: The second is at Truth Revolt: Here’s the short story: Republicans tried to stop
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On the eve of the so-called March for Science, big league colleges embrace gender delusions
Even as Progressives prepare to March for Science tomorrow, their institutions peddle lunatic delusions that will harm a generation. I’ve spent a fair amount of time trying to hunt down the science behind the claim that gender is separate from biological sex. Admittedly, modern medicine has made great headway when
Continue readingWas Mapplethorpe the moment we lost the battle for American culture?
I watched HBO’s documentary about Robert Mapplethorpe, and it brought back a long-forgotten memory. In 1989, my then-boyfriend and I went to an art gallery affiliated with UC Berkeley to see the controversial Robert Mapplethorpe exhibition that had so aroused Jesse Helm’s wrath. My memory is that the gallery was
Continue readingThe Humpty Dumpty remedy for the Church’s gay marriage problem
The fact that I’ve been too busy to blog does not mean I’ve been too busy to think. My thoughts of late have turned to gay marriage. I predicted a long time ago that turning gay marriage into a Constitutional right would open the way for a direct attack on religion
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 6-24-15 — the “midnight ramblings” edition
I should be heading for bed, as it’s after midnight, but I’m so thrilled to have a moment to myself that I can’t resist a little blogging. I’m feeling especially smug (and tired) tonight because my heroic 1:30 a.m. efforts yesterday were the difference between success and ignominious failure on
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 6-8-15 — the “heat wave” edition and open thread
Thanks to global warming, we didn’t have our usual heat wave in May this year but, instead, had a series of extremely cold, often foggy and windy, days. Also, thanks to global warming, we didn’t have our usual three-day long heat wave in the first week of June this year,
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 6-3-15 — the “cluttered life” edition and open thread
I’ve been on the go since 7:30 this morning, and this is my first chance at the computer. Lots of good stuff: How Leftists think One of the my Leftist Facebook friends was outraged that the Republican-controlled House repealed a law requiring meat to have a country-of-origin label. He and
Continue readingThe Perfect Presidential Candidate for 2016
Move over Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Rand Paul, and all the rest of you Republican contenders for the 2016 presidential election. There’s a new kid in town:
Continue readingBruce Jenner’s revelations
You realize, of course, that it was much braver of Jenner to come out as a Republican than it was for him to come out as a transgender person. As for me, I hope he’s very happy, but I’m going to be very politically incorrect and say that I don’t
Continue readingThe Bookworm Beat 2-12-15 — “Been there done that” edition and Open Thread
Part of my mother’s behavior as a drama queen is to try to take on the borrowed glory of other people’s suffering. When my sister has a cold, my mother calls me to say “You don’t know how worried I am. What if it turns into pneumonia? What if she
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