Prayers For Rush
Rush Limbaugh, vacationing in Hawaii, has been taken to a hospital with chest pains. His condition is described as serious. Liberals on the web are already rejoicing. Let’s all say a prayer for the well-being of a good man who has contributed more than almost anyone else to public discourse in our [...]
Reflections on Keillor’s Christmas curse
The cuckoo clock struck thirteen in Garrison Keillor’s Christmas column last week. When the cuckoo emerged at the appointed hour, he chirped:
[A]ll those lousy holiday songs by Jewish guys that trash up the malls every year, Rudolph and the chestnuts and the rest of that dreck. Did one of our guys write “Grab [...]
Why Tom Friedman should have followed his alleged instincts
Normally, a column that begins with the author’s expression of his feelings about writing the piece shouldn’t be read. And if the feeling expressed is the author’s purported distaste for discussing the subject, the column normally shouldn’t be written.
Thomas Friedman’s column of today is no exception. He begins by claiming that “he [...]
The Kopechne Effect
Thursday afternoon, libertarian journalist David Weigel sent out
a message on
Twitter that struck me as profound: “The proliferation of liberal
media watchdogs has led to much, much, much more repetition of
what conservatives say.”
Watchdogging is perhaps the sincerest form of media flattery. If
what was [...]
Not Your Father’s Playboy
Once upon a time, Playboy was an OK institution–remember the days when it featured contributions by people like Vladimir Nabokov and Alberto Vargas, not to mention Miss October. More recently, though, the magazine has fallen on hard times and is struggling to avoid de-listing and stay out of bankruptcy. Perhaps not coincidentally, its [...]
