#3 is so true. I remember bracing myself to get out of my chair, as I'd become accustomed to doing, 20 minutes after taking prednisone for the first time -- and realizing I could just stand up like a normal person. As I keep saying: [Read more...]
Archives for June 2012
Never an avalanche around when you need one: another Trudeau spawn enters public life
Adam Carolla’s haunting affirmative action story: my NEW piece at PJMedia
Michael Coren: On branding truth-tellers as ‘racist’ (video)
From Rachel Carson* to Carol Gilligan: More unscientific b.s. that’s wrecked people’s lives while enriching a privileged few
Ladies, please stick to your knitting! Almost from the start, however, critics began to ask uncomfortable questions about Gilligan’s methods and arguments. Did the evidence … [Read more...]
‘Palestine’: invented history of an imaginary country
Someone please produce some ancient "Palestinian" currency or the words to the old "Palestine" national anthem... Perhaps the most conspicuous fact regarding the novelty of the Palestinian nation is … [Read more...]
This is (part of) my theory about why people get obsessed with JFK assassination, other stuff
Thank God there is finally a word for something I've been trying to talk about for 30 years while people gave me bored or irritated looks: David’s theory is that the phenomenon has its roots in “paracosms,” the … [Read more...]
‘Chinatown’s stupid final line explained at last; title still a mystery
Agree: ‘The Gamma People’ (1956) surprisingly not that awful
An appreciation via TrailersFromHell (who are doing a Kickstarter campaign.) Anti-communist movie stars That Guy Who Looks Like Lon Chaney Jr But Can Actually Act, … [Read more...]
Affirmative action in action — but not for long (video)
Steve Sailer on male hair length throughout the late 20th century
Sailer is the Malcolm Gladwell of people with brains... Trying to figure out the story behind this weird anomaly led me to a 2003 article entitled “Hippie Roots & The Perennial … [Read more...]
I’m taping Michael Coren’s show this afternoon
We'll be discussing the Toronto School Board's cross-dressing curriculum. UPDATE: [Read more...]