Sarah Palin had me at hello–or when she said, My husband and I worked with our hands. I was grateful that a different set of prerequisites was being applied to public service than scoring well on the SATs or being…
My bet: Sarah Palin won’t be on the ballot come November. McCain’s message is getting killed. And though people like me love Lil Abner, the electorate is just too well-educated to want her a heartbeat away. We saw this with…
The commenters are right and I’m wrong, largely, about Sarah Palin. She’s not fit to lead the country. You’re right, all of you. That said, I still find her appealing as a person. I’d like her on my town board….
Last night Chris Matthews choked up talking about Joe Biden’s family, basically saying it was a miracle that the Democrats could field an ordinary Joe like this with a sprawling northeastern Catholic family. Two nights back he repeatedly said “we”…
I’m still reelin and rockin from Joe Klein’s statement/confession that Jewish neoconservatives made the Iraq war happen. Of course the key word in it is Jewish. That’s what’s got the Foxmans and Commentary bloggers so upset. Because the essential understanding…
My soul’s alive today. For two reasons. 1, A friend told me that she’d seen Pete Seeger out on his hill digging gravel. Pete’s 89 or something. He’s limber and alive and multifarious. And he dropped out of Harvard because…
The other day I did a post quoting a foreigner, an “Arabist,” commenting on Israel’s transformation of the Middle East and other matters. This was deceptive and I regret it. The man is an Arab. Yes he’s an Arabist but…
My friend Mark passed along Steve Sailer’s item today noting that Obama hasn’t learned a foreign language. Mark says: It is telling that Obama had sooooo many opportunities to learn a foreign language under superior tutelage at elite institutions, has…
I had dinner with a smart friend, an Arabist, from across the sea. Here are some things he said. What if they are true? –Egypt had a Parliament and a democracy till 1952 and the takeover by Nasser and the…