The artistic tradition in Israel is strong and, because it is a modern country beset with all of the usual post-modern cultural crap, it has performances like the one above; from a street fair in Bat Yam a bunch of “artists” dressing up in onesies and prancing about like children. I have contempt for most…
Alaska’s Mount McKinley to be renamed Denali: Thank You Barack Obama For Continuing Your War On America
Alaska’s Mount McKinley to be renamed Denali by the Secretary of The Interior Sally Jewell who is, by the way, about as ugly and mannish looking as a woman can be. “Generally believed to be central to the Athabaskan creation story, Denali is a site of significant cultural importance to many Alaska natives,” the White…
Speaking of Academic Craziness …
Professors at Washington State University have explicitly told students their grades will suffer if they use terms such as “illegal alien,” “male,” or “female.” Source: Professors threaten bad grades for saying ‘illegal alien,’ ‘male,’ ‘female’ Further proof, if any were needed that the inmates have taken over the asylum in higher education. If there were…
The Case Against Pete Rose
No, not Major League Baseball’s technical case. I really don’t care whether the commissioner has enough evidence to keep him out of baseball, or more probably just limit his exposure. This is a sport that has embraced Mark McGwire. What I care about is whether he gets into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. And…
Go set a Watchman, a brief review.
(Spoilers ahead, because I’m not going to try to figure out what’s a spoiler and what’s not.) So Harper Lee’s lost book was published a few weeks back. There was some controversy over the publishing of it due to Lee’s diminished capacity. I’m not going to go too deep into that because it’s complicated and…
I Want YOU (To Tell Me If This Is Hate Speech)
So, you nick round to the local pub for a pint and when you excuse yourself to go to the john to “have a gypsy’s” you come face to face with this; what at first seems like an iconic shot of Lord Kitchener on the public message board is in fact pure unwashed, unreconstructed bigotry. Wow!…
The Coming Rift Among American Jews Is Long Overdue
The New York Times is reliably pro-Obama, which means they are reliably anti-Israel. Nothing new there…they have been uncomfortable with the whole “Never Again” idea for decades. How dare the Jews fight for themselves! Just line up and meekly walk into the gas chambers…. And today’s article about the tension in the American-Jewish community about…
Narcissism, Identity Politics, Jargon And Quackery At Columbia University
I have always been fascinated by the jargon of the left. They twist and manipulate the language into incomprehensible gobbledegook that is intended to wow the unsuspecting reader or listener into believing that there is some rigorous thought and study and research behind the words. But of course that is simply not the case. It…
Great Escapee Passes Away at 101
Paul Royle, one of the 76 airmen whose legendary escape is immortalized in “The Great Escape,” passed away on August 23rd at the age of 101. Royle, an Australian serving in the RAF, was shot down during the Battle of France on May 17th, 1940 and initially spent time in Stalag Luft 1 before being transferred…
You’ve Got to Give the Reds Credit: They Just Don’t Give Up
Exoneration: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg and Morton Sobell Prosecutorial Deceptions, Suborned Perjuries, Anti-Semitism Apparently these people didn’t get the memo: the Rosenbergs were guilty as all hell, Morton Sobell has himself admitted he was a Soviet spy, and the judge in the Rosenbergs’ case was Jewish. As cofounders of the National Committee…