What hath COVID wrought? And what will it wreak? Hard to say. If all goes well, we could be back to “normal”, pretty much, this summer. But if things go sideways, with wily new strains that our current miracle vaccines can’t counter, well, unpleasant to think about, especially for us urban liberals, who have been…
Author: Alan Vanneman
The Mack Four— “Rhythm-a-ning”
Stuart Mack, trumpet; Steven Feifke, piano; Noah Garabedian, bass; Joe Peri, drums. Recorded at the Manhattan School of Music, 2017. Posted by Stuart Mack.
You know what Dan Drezner’s problem is? He isn’t pessimistic enough.
Has it really been four months since I made fun of Dan Drezner? Well, it is, and, again, I’m saying that Dan just isn’t pessimistic enough. The last time around, in October of 2020, I snickered at Dan for snickering at Donald Trump’s “shambolic campaign” for reelection, Dan endorsing Ross Douthat’s picture of Trump as…
Mitch McConnell’s “backbone” revealed to be a chocolate éclair! “It’s a miracle”, doctors say.
Surprised? I’m not. Days after Mitch McConnell scornfully denounced President Trump on the Senate floor following the Jan. 6 sacking of the US Capitol, saying the bloodthirsty mob had been “fed wild falsehoods by the most powerful man on earth because he was angry he’d lost an election,” Mitch was saying that if Trump won…
Charles Grassley, Revised and Extended
U.S. senators have the option to “revise and extend” their remarks made on the floor of the Senate when their remarks are printed up in the Congressional Record. Recently, Republican Sen. Charles Grassley (Iowa) spoke regarding his involvement in the successful effort to prevent President Obama from placing Judge Merrick Garland on the Supreme Court,…
Oirquartett—“Rhythm-a-ning”
Giovanni Perin, vibraphone; Giulio Scaramella, piano; Marco Trabucco, electric bass; Max Trabucco, drums. Posted by Max Trabucco
Sad death of a thrice-divorced pillhead
Rush Limbaugh’s death from lung cancer was surely sad and painful, and one I wouldn’t wish on anyone, but I had thought to let it go without comment. Why waste a pixel on a guy who was, until Donald Trump came along, the greatest Know-Nothing in American politics? Sure, it was “funny” watching “conscience conservatives”—anti-Trumpers…
An embarrassment of liberals
How stupid do liberals look these days? Do you really want to know? Well, if you do, over at the National Review, Jim Geraghty wants to help. His title, The Icons of the Left Collapse, is a bit over the top, but, well, you’ve got to tell it to sell it, and Jim does have…
Chick Corea Akoustic Band—“Rhythm-A-Ning”
Berlin, 1991, Chick with John Patitucci, bass, and Dave Weckl, drums. Posted by LOFTmusic
What Is Truth, Part 2: Real Time Originalist Smackdown!
In a recent post, George F, Will and Truth, I took issue with the estimable Mr. Will over the objective existence of “Truth”, which Mr. Will averred did exist and had in fact been largely unearthed by John Locke and enshrined in the U.S. Constitution, thanks to the efforts of John Madison, while I took…