So we have the two best posts in the entire land on the merits of these two reasonable hopes for the Republican future. John is right that Cruz is a highly accomplished legal scholar and, I can add, a former student of Robby George that Robby is bragging about. He will be a key piece of evidence a . . . . Continue Reading »
Thought I’d provide an update to an earlier post . Ted Cruz handily defeated David Dewhurst in the Texas Senate Republican runoff. Barring extraordinary circumstance, he is sure to beat Democratic nominee Paul Sadler in November. The national version of this story was that Cruz was a Tea Party . . . . Continue Reading »
Ross Douthat has concluded that Romney is most likely to pick the safest and most boring available candidate for his running mate, and that guy is Rob Portman. Maybe. I’ve read some articles about Portman and I’ve seen him give some speeches on television. I . . . . Continue Reading »
. . . mocked a bit by me here . Huge crowd with some anti-chicken demonstrators at the local Dwarf House (full-service Chick-fil-A) today. This is bad news for those who just want to grab a quick lunch. . . . . Continue Reading »
The pop music of the last 50 years really has become progressively bereft of musical variety. So says this Spanish analysis of gobs of pop songs . So Martha Bayles is right. Geoffrey O’Brien’s nightmare last chapter of Sonata for Jukebox is right. And me too, I . . . . Continue Reading »
So here’s a brief report on my brief vacation. Thanks to those of you who wrote me concerned about my health or sanity or very existence, because I had virtually disappeared. In response to the many requests to say something about Berry College and Chick-fil-A, I have to respond that the . . . . Continue Reading »
In a post below, I used quote from Coolidge about “the chief business of the American people is business” and the context of the quote was the intimate relationship between the press and American business, since the press is American business. This sparked a good comment . . . . Continue Reading »
So Mitt Romney has said some stupid nonsense regarding the London Olympics. Everyone who reads the London papers or the Drudge Report knows that the London Olympics have their problems. Mitt Romney, putative Republican nominee, spoke what had been commonplace in the headlines, and apparently now he . . . . Continue Reading »
I mean just look at the man’s sweet face! I’m sure his mama would never take away his happy stick. I mean he can obviously bear it, right? And it is an arm, right? I don’t see what else we need to know, but Pete keeps mentioning something called Heller v. DC . Some . . . . Continue Reading »
What other films do we have, besides this one, that really capture the exhilarating rush—and the decadent come-down—of the 60s culture-revolution? We have a number of fine literary portrayals, such as Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test , and shading out of the . . . . Continue Reading »
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