So, my cosmetic surgery was about being able to live with myself. … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2011
If the Mayans could see the future, how come they didn’t predict their own extinction?
Also? Ha! … [Read more...]
Mark Steyn’s year in review: ‘The 20th century entitlement state is over’
In September, the 10th anniversary of a murderous strike at the heart of America's most glittering city was commemorated at a building site: the Empire State Building was finished in 18 months … [Read more...]
George Carlin Wasn’t Funny: The Top 5 Overrated Liberal Comedians — my latest at PJMedia
Hope you'll read the whole thing. Here's an excerpt: I started thinking about overrated liberal comedians this week, when news broke that a fawning, big budget Smothers Brothers biopic is in … [Read more...]
At one Christmas dinner, I tried to explain to two disbelieving young people what New York City used to be like
I told them to rent Taxi Driver, and this. … [Read more...]
Thanks to all my loyal 5FF readers…
As this blog enters its 12th year! Thanks for your generous donations and gifts (which this year included Amazon gift cards and [Read more...]
With most talk show hosts on vacation this week, there’ll be no Talk Radio Watch column… but…
I'll post a few radio related thingies here today, including:
- Radio Equalizer Brian Maloney's obit for "Obama bashing liberal" Lynn Samuels -- which features a nice … [Read more...]
Japan: nuked too much or not enough?
(Damnit, the Mayor beat me to "the same stuff they make airplane black boxes out of" hacky "joke.") … [Read more...]
Julie Burchill: ‘Between a shul and a hard place’
Julie Burchill writes: Unlike many gentiles who are attracted to Judaism, it isn't the "culture" I like. I detest bagels and Woody Allen. I loathe "Jewish humour". I don't think … [Read more...]
Is ‘Airplane!’ the funniest movie of all time?
Ed Driscoll says yes. I say no but I'm not awake enough to come up with a good response yet. So you'll need to fight it out in his comments section. (Yeah, like you're "working" today...) … [Read more...]
The ridicule of sophisticated liberals is useless against belligerent Muslims
Observe! According to Nasser, the very first demand of the Brotherhood leader was for the hijab to return to Egypt, "for every woman walking in the street to wear a headscarf." The audience erupted in laughter at … [Read more...]
Social justice: the stubborn application of unworkable solutions to imaginary problems
Frank Furedi on "the year when the word 'progressive' lost all meaning:" Paradoxically, the idea of social justice was historically associated with movements that were suspicious of and uncomfortable with … [Read more...]