Daniel Patrick Moynihan has died. It’s well worth reading the long obituary; he was a remarkable man, who was involved in our times at a very high level. In some ways, Sen. Moynihan (together with Sen. Byrd) personified the Idea…
An unusually large number of things to comment on in this morning’s New York Times. As always, the Times requires registration to read their articles; as always, there are ways around that. Roy Grace has died. Not that I’d ever…
If Your Humble Blogger keeps on about the French, it’ll be a running gag, right? Which every blog needs, right? Well, Regis DeBray, a former adviser to Mitterrand, writes in French, translated by Jeffrey Mehlman, in this morning’s New…
In this morning’s New York Times, somebody named Woody Hochswender writes that people should stop giving him grief about driving an SUV. It’s an incoherent mess of an article, chock full o’ logical inconsistencies. I’m going to break it down,…
This morning’s New York Times web site has a new poll, and that means it’s time for … Meaningless Data! According to the poll, 56% of respondents feel “things have pretty seriously gotten off on the wrong track.” This is…
Well, and it’s about time I wrote about the war. The Iraqi war. That one. I’ve been reluctant to write about it, and I’m still reluctant, and I’m overall very reluctant, and here goes. I am, reluctantly, pro-war. I follow…
In one of those that’s-just-cool stories, the New York Times reports that Andrea del Verrocchio’s sculpture of David had originally been intended to have Goliath’s severed head behind David’s left foot, but that wouldn’t fit on the pedestal, so…