A friend linked me to this article from Spiegel International about academics who study secular people. The article doesn’t complete the circle, but the dots are right there to be connected. And they make clear that nothing we’ve discussed here… Continue Reading
Tom Bosley, Roy Campanella, Theodore Dreiser, Kelly Johnson, Bob Kane, Art Linkletter, Teena Marie, Freddie Prinze (Sr., you remember Chico and the Man?), Lou Rawls, and John Wooden. Okay, I know they’re all dead. But they’re also in a somewhat… Continue Reading
Not quite through with the first book. Spoilers about A Game of Thrones, and talk of Mafia movies whose spoilers you really ought to already know, below the fold.
So, I followed a link to read one of E.D.’s articles at Forbes. Below the fold was a splashy ad for links to Forbes’ “Celebrity 100,” which I presume is the 100 richest or most high-earning or most-powerful or most-something celebrities.… Continue Reading
Him: “Excuse me, sir, where is the second floor?” Me: [Points to button marked “2.”]
Nothing earth-shattering or mind-bending or nit-picking here. Just a note that on a warm summer’s evening with no wind, sitting outside in one’s back yard watching the sun set and the Belt of Venus settle on the cloudless horizion with… Continue Reading
From the quite interesting New Yorker profile of Michelle Bachmann: The only senior member of the team not making the trip was Ed Rollins, Bachmann’s campaign manager. Rollins is famous in Washington for two things: managing Ronald Reagan’s successful reëlection… Continue Reading
ED Kain comments on cop shows and politics over at his Forbes blog, singling out Law & Order: Take, for instance, Law & Order. Most viewers would describe the show as pretty liberal. It’s pro-gun-control, and the characters are, for… Continue Reading
I expect this one will be pretty easy (as these things go), so get on it fast if you want props for the week. Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming each have had… Continue Reading
“The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter,” said Sir Winston Churchill, and indeed there is something about the complexity of modern life that makes me yearn for government by philosopher-kings. Or, more exactly, by… Continue Reading