But actually, it is President Obama’s words on the subject that are unacceptable, and utterly so. Unless they are decoys or time-buyers as he plots a strike or conveys serious threats to strike through back-channels. . . . . Continue Reading »
There is de facto multiculturalism and there is ideological multiculturalism. Ideological multiculturalism is not okay by me. This is the kind of multiculturalism where it says, “you can’t say” whatever is to be said regarding cultural differences, and that if one already know where . . . . Continue Reading »
Norwood was Charles Portis’s first novel, published in 1966, followed a couple years later by True Grit . Both novels are infused with Portis’s deadpan humor, but only the first is typically represented as a “comic novel.” A novel in which the main character rescues Joann the . . . . Continue Reading »
That fact of Boomer psychology and reproductive behavior leads to the withering away of the entitlement state. This BIG THINK post is meant to be yet another ad for the Berry Conference this Thursday and Friday, featuring the wisdom of Jim Capretta. One reason I’m not so scared of “the . . . . Continue Reading »
The various studies show we have a three or even four-way tie in Iowa. There’s only one study that shows a Paul surge. But it might really be right, especially because only his supporters are enthusiastic at this point. Still, his ceiling is doubtless about 20%. Romney seems surge-proof. . . . . Continue Reading »
The great Walter Russell Mead posted yesterday an atypically predictable essay, one that is Against the Boomers . In his comments, I insist that the problem is the Liberal-Boomers, not the generation generally. As a society we owe everything to the many sane boomers, and as a conservative . . . . Continue Reading »
1. First off, I’m very glad to learn about the funny NORWOOD. Thanks, Carl. That reminds me that the chair of the politics and literature section of the American Politcial Sciece Association really wants to have a show on TRUE GRIT next year. Any volunteers? 2. I saw a little of the . . . . Continue Reading »
As Thanksgiving approaches, many of you will be Homeward Bound and back again, on turnpikes or through airports, and you are starting to ask that key question: what recorded books ought I to obtain for the journey? Well, for the certifiably insane geniuses and Christian masochists, who can navigate . . . . Continue Reading »
The end of Halloween and the genuinely frightening FX show American Horror Story - in which a family heavily interacts with ghosts spanning the generations, where horror began with an abortionist doing his own Frankenstein-type experiments - has provoked the following somewhat disparate thoughts . . . . . Continue Reading »
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