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Department of Counting
Mike Crowley tracks Hillary’s latest desperate cry for help: "Democrats, the majority of whom have favored Hillary in the primary contests held to date…" Mike wonders how she can claim… Continue reading
0 CommentsDrudge Breaks Media Silence on Princes Mission
A defence* of Royalty: Prince Harry in Afghanistan. Oddly stirring stuff, actually. Good for him and, amazingly, good for the MoD and the media for ensuring that the Prince’s comrades… Continue reading
8 CommentsIf a Little Sparrow beats its wings, does that mean tall buildings fall?
On the other hand, some actors really are loopy to the tonsils. To wit, alas, the lovely Marion Cotillard, who is, it seems, a pretty keen conspiracy theorist: Marion Cotillard… Continue reading
3 CommentsLessons from the Tomb Raider
It’s easy, of course, to mock actors and pop stars and their worthy pretensions to saving the planet. But whatever else one may say of her, I think it’s true… Continue reading
1 CommentParliament of Fools
Further to this and this, I see, thanks to Mr Worstall, that no fewer than 72 Members of Parliament have put their name to this Early Day Motion: EDM 982… Continue reading
2 CommentsTiger vs Roger?
Ah, the great Tiger Woods vs Roger Federer debate continues. Muttblog suggests most scribblers taking part in this Slam-Fest plump for Woods as, comparatively speaking, the greater of the two.… Continue reading
1 CommentDepartment of Political Slogans and Charlatanry
If you need a quick explanation for why Hillary Clinton is about to lose to Barack Obama, consider that her chief strategist is Mark Penn and that he boasts of… Continue reading
0 CommentsQuestion of the Day
If it’s fine for Kosovo to declare its independence from Serbia, should it be OK for Montana to secede from the United States of America?
3 CommentsKlansmen for Barack?
Mike Crowley has a very droll piece in this week’s TNR on how white supremacists seem a) resigned to a President Obama and b) relatively OK with that. It’s a… Continue reading
0 CommentsWhat Happened to American Acting*?
Quick Oscar** thought: no American actor or actress won an Oscar this year. The four acting awards went to: Tilda Swinton (Scotland), Javier Bardem (Spain) Daniel Day-Lewis (England/Ireland) and Marion… Continue reading
3 CommentsFidel: Forever In Our Hearts…
Commenting on this post about Fidel Castro’s welcome retirement, a reader wrote, quoting part of my argument: "If conservatives – on both sides of the North Atlantic – were too… Continue reading
0 CommentsA Country for Old Men?
Looking at Americans’ desire to elect a 72-year old John McCain president, David Harsanyi digs up the story of William Henry Harrison – the President who one may fairly say… Continue reading
0 CommentsNot all roads lead to London
Megan notes that there are now more than three million Britons living abroad and argues: I assume this has something to do with the fact that it is very easy… Continue reading
4 CommentsTwittering…
Being envious of friends in Washington who are twittering about what would seem to be a rather splendid lunar eclipse tonight I signed up to Twitter. Needless to say I… Continue reading
2 CommentsObama as William Jennings Bryan?
Former Bush speechwriter David Frum publishes an entertaining provocation here: Sen. Barack Obama’s admirers sometimes compare him to John F. Kennedy, sometimes to Ronald Reagan, sometimes to Abraham Lincoln. (That… Continue reading
2 CommentsCanute for President!
New Hillary attack! "If speeches could create jobs, we wouldn’t be facing a recession." And as the old saw has it: "If ifs and ans were pots and pans, there’d… Continue reading
3 CommentsDepartment of Fancy That!
Amazing: MI6′s former chief has denied that the intelligence service murdered Diana, Princess of Wales.
0 CommentsGordon’s Hillary Problem?
James Forsyth comes up with an(other) excellent reason for hoping Hillary loses: it will be bad for Gordon Brown. Key point: the British political class are obsessed with the US… Continue reading
0 CommentsSemper Fidelis For Shame
I’d actually thought Castro’s retirement would prompt more of this sort of nonsense. I guess we’re still waiting for Seumas Milne to pipe up in The Guardian. Still, the palm… Continue reading
1 CommentNo Place for Brotherly Love (And Rightly So)
Ah Philadelphia, the city where they booed Santa Claus. And, if these lads are anything to go by, also the city where Major League Soccer should put its next team.… Continue reading
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