The Bible’s humanity
This weekend, Mr. Bookworm and I finally got around to watching “Koran by Heart,” an HBO documentary about an annual Koran memorization contest held in Cairo during Ramadan. The documentary followed...
View ArticleA new show makes me wonder about life in the Gore Veep House
We have been watching a new HBO show called Veep, a comedy that stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a fictional Vice President. The show isn’t about politics (we never see or hear from the President,...
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Leftists don’t believe in the constitution and they’re pretty sure a...
Here’s the thing that the progressives in media and government want to hide from you: The federal government is America’s servant, not its master. This means that the National Park Service is a...
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Friday factoids (and Open Thread)
I have lots of intelligent thoughts swirling in my head. The problem is that they haven’t settled down and become coherent. Mostly, I’m focused on an upcoming outing with my mother. My mother is an...
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Democrats: Using band-aid remedies to “cure” systemic failures
One of the mantras to emerge from feminist side of the Leftist swamps during the late 1960s/early 1970s was notion that “the personal is political.” As used by the feminists, it meant that, when...
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The Brendan Eich witch hunt makes HBO’s Silicon Valley must-see TV
One of the most awful defenses the usual suspects offered on behalf of Mozilla came (natch) from the New York Times, which opined that Mozilla is “special” and therefore cannot be held to ordinary...
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The Bookworm Beat — Saturday night leftovers edition (and Open Thread)
Busy day. Very busy day and not a bad one either, because I got a lot accomplished. Just about the only thing I didn’t get done today was spending time at my computer. I’ve got a pile of open tabs left...
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Losing friends and family to America’s opioid crisis [UPDATED}
A decent HBO documentary about America’s opioid crisis raises questions perhaps you can answer and elicits observations based on my own experiences. Last night, I finally got around to watching HBO’s...
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Answers to my questions about America’s opioid crisis
America is indeed in the grip of an unprecedented opioid crisis, with a lot of blame to go around, but not everybody is at risk and there is hope. A couple of days ago, I wrote a post with questions...
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“Confederate”: Both HBO and its doubters double down on racial canards...
HBO is in trouble for producing “Confederate,” an alternate history in which the South won the war. The irony is that HBO and its foes are both wrong. (Only half of this essay was posted initially. My...
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Perry Mason: intelligent television from a bygone era
If you’re fed up with the inanity of fake news, the depressing facts in real news, and the stupidity of modern pop culture, may I recommend Perry Mason? I’ve always enjoyed knitting to classic...
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