Robbie Smith, trumpet, John Nichol, saxophone, Bob Lindahl, trombone, Ed Fedewa, bass, Andrew Spencer, drums, and special guest Lisa Sung from Hope College of Music. Posted by Central Michigan University School of Music
Author: Alan Vanneman
Vladimir Putin is our creation
Vladimir Putin, it seems, hath no bottom. Like a man sinking in quicksand, the more frenzied his efforts to escape, the more deeply he sinks. The great problem is, of course, that he’s threatening to take us along with him. Putin’s moral culpability is so great, and both his complaints and actions so vicious and…
Okay, I guess that 1996 Clinton-Gingrich welfare reform bill wasn’t perfect after all
In the unlikely event that you are an assiduous reader of this blog, you know that I’m a big fan of the 1996 welfare reform legislation that drastically reduced welfare dependency in the U.S.—and welfare dependency really is a thing—or it really was—regardless of what “passionate” liberals want you to think.1 But, as it turns…
Steven Feifke—“I Mean You”
Steve with Dan Chmielinski, bass, and Bryan Carter, drums. Posted by Steven Feifke
Ḥasidic schools: The Story Behind the Story Behind the Story
A week or so back the New York Times busted a big one, In Hasidic Enclaves, Failing Private Schools Flush With Public Money. “New York’s Hasidic Jewish religious schools have benefited from $1 billion in government funding in the last four years but are unaccountable to outside oversight” ran the subhead. Well, over at Mosaic,…
Thank God for Andrew McCarthy!
OK, that was a bit effusive, considering that Andy Mc believes that President Obama should have been removed from office for the commission of high crimes and misdemeanors,1 and, almost as bad, thinks that Ken “Stick Up My Ass” Starr was a good man, which he was not.2 But, well, I came to praise Andy,…
Democrats behaving badly. Again!
Oh yeah, it’s self-flagellation time around the Literature R Us corral, and my comrades in arms have supplied me with an awesome array of whips, knouts, and other assorted scourges, painful even to look upon, much less touch. But, well, duty calls. Yo, Joe Biden! Shut up! “They’re killing people,” bellowed/whined Uncle Joe back in…
Yo, Francis Fukuyama! Righteous rage may be hazardous to your health! And mine too!
Francis Fukuyama, who is probably my most favorite living neo-Hegelian, has sadly gone off the rails more than a little with this ecstatic, triumphalist treatise, Why Ukraine Will Win, which sounds to me a lot like the late Charlie Krauthammer on steroids and scotch circa 2004, rejoicing over the new American empire, on which, he…
“Don’t worry about the Iranians,” says Shay Khatiri. “They’re a bunch of sissies!”
Why should we bomb the Iranians? Hell, why shouldn’t we? That’s what Shay Khatiri says, over at the Bulwark . Sure, “the state of Iran’s nuclear program is unclear.” (Translation: we don’t even know if they’re thinking about building a bomb.) But, hey, you can’t be too careful. There’s sure to be something we can…
Yo, Joe! When Denouncing Donald Trump, It’s Considered Bad Form to Imitate Him!
Yeah, Uncle Joe was in rare form at his Independence Hall spectacular, complete with “dramatic” lighting and U. S. Marines in full dress uniform. I mean, who was the advertising wizard who came up with that one? But, seriously, folks, it’s a seriously dismal idea to use U. S. military as the backdrop for any…