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Historic Retorts, Winston Churchill
A friend sent along some wonderful historic retorts that are well worth dealing out one at a time on these pages over the next few days. Here is the first.
Read the rest of this entry »Forgotten Things
Johan Santana‘s no hitter at Citi Field Friday night came as a jolt for more than one reason. The event itself was amazing enough. No Mets pitcher had recorded a no-hitter before Friday’s performance, and the team has had some damn fine pitching throughout its history. But more than that, Santana’s “no-no” (no hits, no runs) reminded us that the Mets turned […]
Read the rest of this entry »URGENT WARNING to Westchester/Rockland Republicans
http://youtu.be/4kAwDo-ZZYo WARNING: On Tuesday, June 26th a Republican Primary will be held for Congress in most of Northern Westchester and all of Rockland County (NY-17). I am helping Joe Carvin, the Rye Town Supervisor, a successful businessman, and a proven fiscal hawk defeat in that primary a white separatist named Jim Russell who managed to get himself […]
Read the rest of this entry »2012’s Most Important Election
The most pivotal election in America this year won’t take place in November. Neither Barack Obama nor Mitt Romney will appear on its ballot. The most important election of 2012 — certainly the most interesting one — is Tuesday’s gubernatorial recall vote in Wisconsin. The eyes of the nation should be riveted. There, in the Badger State, the armies […]
Read the rest of this entry »And Not Too Much Ice, Please…
Mike Bloomberg has been a very good mayor. He is a great philanthropist and a genuine independent in a two-party country. But his zealotry on nanny issues, particularly nanny food issues, threatens to turn him into a national caricature of a rugalach-hating Jewish grandmother. The mayor’s proposal to ban large soft drinks in the city […]
Read the rest of this entry »And Now for Something Uplifting
http://youtu.be/EW5IdwltaAc
Read the rest of this entry »The Real Apology to Poland
Haven’t had reason to come to President Obama’s defense much these days, but the brouhaha over his “Polish death camps” misstatement is overblown. If you haven’t followed it, Mr. Obama mistakenly used the term “Polish death camps” in a speech where he clearly meant to say “Nazi death camps in Poland.” Many within the Polish government are […]
Read the rest of this entry »Medal of Freedom?
Bob Dylan? Medal of Freedom? Really?
Read the rest of this entry »Quote of the Day, John Heilemann
“For anyone still starry-eyed about Obama, the months ahead will provide a bracing revelation about what he truly is: not a savior, not a saint, not a man above the fray, but a brass-knuckled, pipe-hitting, red-in-tooth-and-claw brawler determined to do what is necessary to stay in power — in other words, a politician.” — […]
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