Making lemonade from education and from juries
At the Advocate this week, my column was made in the shade. I reach no jury verdict. I delve into what some people claim is extracurricular activity. And I think […]
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Netanyahu: A Leader for Western Values
At NRO, my column today notes the strong American media presence, and effective presentation, of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and looks back 50 years (!!) to the first signs […]
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Of airstrikes (Iraq) and airports (New Orleans)
Two blog posts today. Here’s why Barack Obama’s speech last night about Iraq, and orders for actions there, are woefully late. And here’s why New Orleanians should feel encouraged by the […]
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The PGA is “Glory’s Last Shot” for good reason
The professional golf tour’s final “major” championship of the year, the PGA Championship, begins Thursday. I ahd hoped to find time to write a lengthier preview than this. In sum, though, […]
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More Mississippi Mud
I hereby replace, for now, the earlier published contention that Mississippi’s Republican National Committeeman Henry Barbour “prevaricated” about his role in race-baiting ads in the June U.S. Senate runoff in […]
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Is Lefty Author Rick Perlstein a Plagiarist?
Well, a court might be asked to decide that question. What is clear is that Perlstein, in his new book about the rise of Ronald Reagan’s challenge to Gerald Ford […]
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Will the IRS Regulate the Pulpit?
This is scary. Seriously. My column at National Review Online today talks about a “secret” deal whereby the IRS may start trying to regulate the content of sermons and homilies. […]
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LA’s Privatized Charity Hospitals Doing Well
At The Advocate on Sunday, I assert that Gov. Bobby Jindal’s privatization of what once were known as the “charity” hospitals in Louisiana is going very well indeed. By “very […]
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Re-Launching the Site, with Update on My Writings
Due to my unexpurgateable techno-tardism, I have let this site go fallow for a couple of months. I promise henceforth to keep it current, not just with links to my […]
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Mary Landrieu, Agonistes (on Judicial Nominee)
On Monday or Tuesday, the U.S. Senate will vote on whether to proceed with the nomination of radical David J. Barron for a federal courts of appeals seat, or instead […]
