I have, on occasion, talked a little smack about Steve Martin, suggesting that El Stevo, on occasion, has expressed a little frustration about having to be, you know, funny in order to maintain the level of public attention and recognition to which he feels himself entitled. But now I have to take a good chunk…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Ezra Klein is an idiot! And so is his wife! Occasionally!
Okay, let me unpack this. On Sunday, Ezra published a really stupid column, Why a Middle-Class Lifestyle Remains Out of Reach for So Many, which, among other things, quoted from a really stupid article in the Atlantic, The Great Affordability Crisis Breaking America: In one of the best decades the American economy has ever recorded,…
Is Ron DeSantis inevitable? Well, maybe.
The National Review can’t get enough of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, and it’s easy to see why: DeSantis drooler in chief Rich Lowry’s review of DeSantis’ bad boy with a Harvard sheen swagger bears the following subhead: “A glimpse at what Trumpism without Trump can look like.” Okay, to some of us that can…
CRT v. Anti-CRT: Wait, Wait! You’re BOTH Right! Occasionally.
OCTOBER 6, 2022 UPDATE: In the course of this report—somewhere in the middle—I discuss crime data from the FBI. I should have pointed out that these data are estimates rather than complete tallies. We don’t know, for example, that there were 10,440 homicides in the U.S. in 2020, although the FBI says we do. I…
Hey, wait a minute, U.S. Army guys! I think I’ve seen those balloons before!
Granted, Politico dudes, July 5 is generally a slow news day. But did you really have to lead with U.S. military’s newest weapon against China and Russia: Hot air? Lee Hudson has the, well, breathless scoop: The Pentagon is working on a new plan to rise above competition from China and Russia: balloons. The high-altitude…
Shorter Danielle Pletka: Murder is my business
Well, in case you were wondering, we now know why Danielle Pletka, distinguished senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, hasn’t been found in an alley with a bullet in her head: she isn’t important enough to kill! Because murder works! Okay, Danielle isn’t quite that brazen. In her recent, unfortunately (or not) paywalled article…
Haters gonna hate. Ignore them. Jurassic World Dominion is pretty damn good!
OK, if you missed Jurassic World Dominion in IMAX (I did not) thanks to my laziness, well, I apologize, but, really, it’s your own damn fault for letting the bi-coastal blue state big mouths do your thinking for you. In the future, if you get the chance to see big dinos on the big screen,…
Shorter Joe Manchin: “I’m as dumb as Susie!”
Poor old Joe Manchin is feeling a little hurt, in the matter of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: I trusted Justice Gorsuch and Justice Kavanaugh when they testified under oath that they also believed Roe v. Wade was settled legal precedent and I am alarmed they chose to reject the stability the ruling has…
OK, this is REALLY bad news: I won’t have Dan Drezner to kick around any more!
Yes, it’s true. The Washington Post, in its infinite wisdom and general gutlessness—though I’m sure “pussy-whipped” is far too strong a term—has decided that diversity trumps quality, and Dan, as he reports in his last post, Goodbye, farewell and adieu to Spoiler Alerts, is being eased out, for the greater good—though, frankly, I’m not sure…
Branford Marsalis Quartet with Marshall Keys—“I Mean You”
Branford Marsalis – tenor sax Marshall Keys – alto sax Kenny Kirkland – piano Delbert Felix – bass Lewis Nash – drums, Kennedy Center 1986. Posted by Josh Paxton