I Do Believe Benghazi Just Flipped From “Not Going Away” to “Quite Uncomfortably Here”

Bureaucrats are generally dis-inclined to take the heat for politicians. The blue-on-blue is particuarly encouraging. Is this a function of Obama’s declining coattails, as donkeys seek distance in preparation for 2014? I wonder how long before Obama feels the need to throw Hillary — or some other mucky-mucks at State — under the bus? Jammie-Wearing… Read More I Do Believe Benghazi Just Flipped From “Not Going Away” to “Quite Uncomfortably Here”

6 May 20136 May 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Profitable Exhaustion

Was out of town for a wedding this weekend, which was nice: a little break-up of the routine, a chance to put on my summer suit. Left Darling Daughter with the Mother-in-Law and spent the night at a hotel. The ceremony and reception were on a converted manor, with trees and a creek. A lovelier… Read More Profitable Exhaustion

6 May 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Russell Taylor – In praise of UKIP

I don’t know anything about the UK Independence party, but Russel Taylor casts it in very Tea Partyish terms. The Tories have responded by insisting UKIP has no real policies, to which I would say that this hasn’t held them back. Their ragtag combination of Keynesianism and liberal dogma doesn’t represent a coherent response to the mess… Read More Russell Taylor – In praise of UKIP

3 May 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Why You Should Read the Classics

Victor Davis Hanson reminds us that nothing is new under the sun, and the old books remind us that we’ve been here before. (via Ace) We can learn from classics that most of us are more likely to resent superiority than to reward it, to distrust talent than to develop it. With classical training, our… Read More Why You Should Read the Classics

2 May 2013 Andrew2 Comments

Boston Bombers’ Family Got $100K in Welfare and Other Benefits.

I am probably racist for passing this along. (Via HotAir) Why do I work again? Happy May Day, Comrades.

1 May 20131 May 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Chicago: Where “Alderman” means the Same as “Godfather” means the same as “Baron”

Our Ruling Class is So Eminently Deserving Of Their Powers. Two police sources—a former gang investigator and a veteran detective—bluntly acknowledge that even if the police know of dubious dealings between an alderman and a gang leader or drug dealer, there is little, if anything, they can do, thanks to what they say is the… Read More Chicago: Where “Alderman” means the Same as “Godfather” means the same as “Baron”

29 Apr 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

Every Political Argument on Facebook, Ever.

Via Viral Read.

27 Apr 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

And Now For an Article in Which The Writer Pretends to Prefer That Harrison Ford had Stayed a Carpenter

The picture at the top is better than the article, but the article’s not bad. Fame on that level closes as many doors as it opens. Few superfamous actors have ever seemed as uncomfortable with superfame as Ford always has. (Actual Google hit count for “Harrison Ford reclusive”: 28.7 million.) Maybe it was that the… Read More And Now For an Article in Which The Writer Pretends to Prefer That Harrison Ford had Stayed a Carpenter

27 Apr 2013 AndrewLeave a comment

What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written

Like a majority of college students, I didn’t belong to a frat or sorority. And like a majority of those, I had attitudes and prejudices about those that did. They weren’t terribly original, and I won’t recount them. I don’t have them anymore. Looking back with a bit of wisdom, Greek Life has a certain… Read More What Raging Rebecca Martinson Should Have Written

25 Apr 2013 Andrew2 Comments

Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello

(Dirk Gently reference.) Periods of time come when the thought of adding content to a blog puzzles the will. The evergreen political nonsense saps the spirit. Repeating the same arguments to the same applause sounds agonizingly dull. Besides, it’s springtime outside. The human animal was not meant to remain inside shut up with People Being Wrong… Read More Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello

25 Apr 2013 Andrew1 Comment