They’re vital, at least, for those not wanting to apply the brain to Mr. Cain. 1.) It sounds like John Presnall is right about that documentary by Crowe on Pearl Jam, but I now have a slight interest in it, because the apparently poor choice of rockumentary material might indicate . . . . Continue Reading »
There is an old Jewish saying: “If you save a life, you’ve saved the world.” If that is true, the Alliance Defense Fund has saved many worlds, preventing profoundly cognitively disabled people from being intentionally dehydrated to death by having tube-supplied sustenance . . . . Continue Reading »
Surely one needs to realize that when you stake all your life on your music then there could be the chance of an ultimate failure as a result of one’s efforts. Like the thousands of pretty blondes whose lives get destroyed in the effort of becoming the next Jayne Mansfield or Cameron Diaz, why . . . . Continue Reading »
It hasn’t shown up in the polls yet, but Cain is melting right in front of us. For those keeping score, the simple and transparent 9-9-9 plan is now a 9-9-9 plan except when it is a 9-0-9 plan except when it is a 9-0-9 plan with a special empowerment zone discount. Oh, and it is . . . . Continue Reading »
Well, he’s not. I just wanted to make a dumb blond joke. And it’s not like it’s wrong for someone to calll attention to the downside of Thatcherism. But if our friend the crunchy yet conservative Mr. Dreher is right, he’s confused. He criticizes America for being hobbled by . . . . Continue Reading »
1. Governance and Prison Gangs The Mexican Mafia is a fairly small prison gang (perhaps 150-300 made members) and it has significant operational control only within prisons in Southern California yet the Mexican Mafia is extremely powerful. In fact, the MM taxes hundreds of often larger Southern . . . . Continue Reading »
Everything’s been coming up Whit Stillman for me lately. Re-watched Barcelona, for various reasons found myself reading both Jane Austen and Lionel Trilling, and then my wife gave me the scripts of Barcelona and Metropolitan for my birthday. Here’s a reflection a couples years ago about . . . . Continue Reading »
Yesterday, the Democratic National Committee announced the appointment of Rev. Derrick Harkins as Director of Faith Outrreach. The Washington Post story about the appointment describes Rev. Harkins as “a popular D.C. pastor with a shaved head and a remarkable résume .” . . . . Continue Reading »
An abortion/medical conscience controversy is riling the decidedly pro choice state of Washington, presaging what I think will become one of our own most contentious bioethical controversies. The issue involves the existence and extent of “conscience rights” for . . . . Continue Reading »
As Matthew Schmitz notes in an earlier post , a furious effort is now being mounted to challenge the official proposal for an Eisenhower Memorial in Washington, DC. But before critics are accused of ‘having nothing to offer themselves,’ consider the National Civic Art Society’s . . . . Continue Reading »
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