God Bless Niall Ferguson! (Pretty much) It’s hard to think of anyone I have trashed so consistently and so contemptuously as Niall Ferguson, whom I once grudgingly praised with a thoroughly uncivil leer as a Thelonious Monk-loving slimeball, while also urging readers not to read his then most recent book, whose title will go unmentioned…
Tag: Charles Schumer
Socio-cultural-politico-judicio notes from all over
Dr. Seuss and the New Iconoclasts The recent sturm und drang regarding Dr. Seuss leaves me a bit on the outside of things, because, unlike most people, to me the “old” Dr. Seuss is the real Dr. Seuss. I loved the outrageous creatures that populated If I Ran the Zoo, And to Think That I…
Has Boss Schumer’s Hour Come Round At Last?
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price! You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.” Thus Charles Schumer, senior senator from New York and possible new majority leader of the Senate, to be…
That Jew!
No, it isn’t a new sitcom starring Sarah Silverman channeling Marlo Thomas. It’s a term that Arkansas State Senator, and potential U.S. Senate candidate, Kim Hendren used when referring to Sen. Chuck Schumer: “At the meeting I was attempting to explain that unlike Sen. Schumer, I believe in traditional values, like we used to see…