These are the good old days
As they got older, my parents noticed to their dismay that their friends talked more and more about their doctors. According to my parents, nearly all of their friends liked their doctors. However, there was always something to complain about — a personality quirk, a failure to return a call, a long stint [...]
Pops
Last Saturday, Brian Ward and I interviewed Terry Teachout on our radio show. We talked about his new biography of Louis Armstrong, titled Pops. It’s a terrific book, not just for jazz fans but for anyone interested in American history or human nature. Armstrong’s rise from nothing to international superstar will be [...]
Obama goes deep
in his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech today, Barack Obama returns to the world stage as philosopher king. He bestrides the narrow world like a Colossus.
He deliberates over his role as Commander in Chief, but it does not detain him long. He weighs in on just war theory. (Our war [...]
Weekly Address: Tragedy at Fort Hood
The President condemns the "despicable" attacks at Fort Hood, honoring those who were killed and injured. He also commends those who stood up to help and console those affected: "even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America."
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Explaining Polanskiites
In Dennis Prager’s Townhall column today, he asks the most obvious and urgent question about the Roman Polanski crisis, the same point noted by Movie Badger in a previous Lizardian post:
How is one to explain the film world’s conscience?
He refers not to Polanski himself; as Movie Badger noted, the existence of evil people is not [...]
Judge not. . .
I was in the car with my parents 40 years ago this month when we heard the news that Ted Kennedy had driven his car off of a bridge, after a night of partying, killing a young woman. My father said nothing. I thought “this means Kennedy will never be president.” My [...]
