Sunday’s Washington Post has a short—short, but not short enough—editorial making snide fun of civil libertarians. In “Obama Punts,” the Post sneeringly takes the President to task for not seeking legislation that would enshrine the current despicable Bush-Obama policy of “preventive detention.” According to the Post, “Passing new legislation would have been difficult, and the…
Well You Needn’t? Well, actually, you do, Part IV
Newt Gingrich—such an entrepreneur
Over at the NYT, Jay Goltz writes a hilarious story about being selected as “Entrepreneur for the Year” for Illinois by Newt Gingrich’s Business Defense and Advisory Council. You can imagine how hot to trot Jay was to head to DC and pick up his big shiny trophy, not to mention enjoying some serious face…
Althusserians to the left of me, neo-Gramscians to the right of me
Can an article containing the following sentences be worth reading? “In 1990, my first year as an assistant professor there, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign held a conference on "Cultural Studies Now and in the Future.” The program included historians, media theorists, sociologists, anthropologists, and AIDS activists; and the theoretical terrain—over which cultural studies…
All the Sad Young Republicans
I guess that Matt Latimer is, in fact, not so young, but he certainly is sad. The former Bush speechwriter can’t help pissing all over his old boss, along with Sec. Treas. Paulson (definitely not a favorite), not to mention both John McCain and Sarah Palin. Matt paints himself, quite convincingly, as a passionate believer…
Katy Weymouth gets her arms and legs caught in a wringer
Poor Katy Weymouth! She just can’t wreck the Post fast enough, can she? I previously pissed on Katy’s parade here, here, and here, when she attempted to turn her home into a house of journalistic prostitution. Now she’s at it again, telling a reporter that his inspiring tale of a woman who had both arms…
Frank Morgan – “Well, You Needn’t”
Well, You Needn’t? Well, actually, you do, Part II
Randy Weston, piano, and Max Roach, drums, Barcelona, 1999. For some reason, you have to crank up the volume a bit for this one.
Well, You Needn’t? Well, actually, you do.
For the next couple of weeks, we’re going to be running a lot of “Well, You Needn’t” clips. This one features Freddie Hubbard and Johnny Griffen.
The Islamic Mind, Centuries Behind
Judy Bachrach, writing in the World Affairs Journal, gives us a grim reminder of the horrors that make up the daily lives of women in Islamic nations, and of Islamic women in European ones. How pathetic, how disgusting are those members of the Western Left who seek to affirm their virtue by “understanding” modern Islam….