Who will sue over Same Sex OWS Tents?
Sexual assaults and rapes are apparently so numerous at Zuccotti Park in the New York “occupation” that the occupiers are installing single-sex tents: It’s a safe house from the sex fiends. Zuccotti...
View ArticleWhy Tim Tebow Terrifies – UPDATED
Mentioned yesterday that my First Things post today would be joining in on the multitude of words being written about Tim Tebow. Patton Dodd has given a terrific overview of Tebow in WSJ and in his...
View ArticleBring Out Yer Dead, Mr. Santorum! – UPDATED
Those of us who work in alternative media–particularly we who run blogs, which require daily updating and a continual perusal of news in order to remain relevant–run a high risk of becoming so inured...
View ArticleYeah, yeah, I’m hip, I’m hip! UPDATE
Andrew Klavan so often says precisely what I think, and here he nails it; the left’s obsession with always needing to be perceived as “cool” has played a large part in our undoing, because the culture...
View ArticleChris Matthews and his Trained Baboons
I couldn’t believe the headline so I had to see it for myself and yeah, Chris Matthews actually said this: “There are a number of people who have chosen to convert to the Catholic faith because they...
View ArticleSpringsteen, Sex Strikes and Shut Up, Stupids!
I have doctors appointments all afternoon, so let’s just do a quick lookaround: Springsteen’s Phoniness finally clear: I’ve never bought his “working man” schtick, and his mot recent “big” songs have...
View ArticleIs Sentimentalism the Last Step Before Violence?
InDisorientation: How to Go to College Without Losing Your Mind (which I highly recommend), I contributed an essay on the Soft Tyranny of Sentimentalism, wherein I wrote: If 20th-century atheism rode...
View Article“Cool”: You keep using that word… UPDATE
Apparently, in reaction to the reality that the youth vote is fading on Obama, a memo has gone out from the campaign to the mainstream media, Democrat operatives, Hollywood moneybags, and all the ships...
View ArticleObama’s 8.1% Funhouse Mirror!
Do you know anyone who has been seeking work in the last several months, and has suddenly found openings? Since hardly any jobs were added to the economy in April, your answer is probably “no.” I know...
View ArticleChick-fil-A: if you’re not sure, this is how fascism works – UPDATED AGAIN
Over at Facebook, I noticed a picture of Kermit and Miss Piggy marrying, with a caption about Chick-fil-A*. I can’t seem to find it, now — perhaps the person who posted it deleted it. I confess,...
View ArticleThe Madness of the Mainstream Media UPDATED
If Michael Kelly and Tim Russert were alive today, they would be sickened and appalled to see the shambling madness that has descended upon their profession, most particularly as it manifests in the...
View ArticleNY Times' Perpetual Lunchroom
I’ve always said the NY Times primarily — note the qualifier — featured a bunch of developmentally-arrested 14-year olds who have never been able to find their way out of the lunch room or the...
View ArticleKatie Couric and the Gravitas Issue
Taking a break from his lengthy vacation Greg Kandra — who during his long career at CBS spent some time toiling on behalf of Katie Couric — argues that, despite charges of sexism, or Gail Collins’...
View ArticleThe Future of Chesty McCheesecakes
Is this bad news for the president? Thanks to Max for pointing out that chest hair may be making a comeback! At least, over at Salon Tracy Clark-Flory is defending the hirsute and for that I say...
View ArticleACT III: American Fall – The Revolution
Michelle Obama did tell us “Barack Obama will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual”. Specifically, she said: Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your...
View ArticleOccupiers as Mindless Drones -UPDATE
Wow. And they say religious folk want to be told what to think and what to say! This is pathetic. It reminds me of kindergarten. It’s actually kind of terrifying: “just tell me what to say and I’ll...
View ArticleCalling and Revolution and Calling UPDATED
(Photo: APF/Getty) My piece today at First Things is a little odd, I think. In some spots it is deliberately to the fore, and in others, deliberately ambiguous, and it is talking about two seemingly...
View ArticleOWS: This Food is for the Privileged! UPDATED
Delicious Irony: The Occupy Wall Street volunteer kitchen staff launched a “counter” revolution yesterday — because they’re angry about working 18-hour days to provide food for “professional homeless”...
View ArticleWho will sue over Same Sex OWS Tents?
Sexual assaults and rapes are apparently so numerous at Zuccotti Park in the New York “occupation” that the occupiers are installing single-sex tents: It’s a safe house from the sex fiends. Zuccotti...
View ArticleWhy Tim Tebow Terrifies – UPDATED
Mentioned yesterday that my First Things post today would be joining in on the multitude of words being written about Tim Tebow. Patton Dodd has given a terrific overview of Tebow in WSJ and in his...
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