UncategorizedAnd this is what he said. This is what Barry Obama said.Via Alex Ross and countless others, this one’s designed to make Obamamania dissenters’ heads blow right up: The lanky state...
UncategorizedMUSIC: "Jazz doesn’t represent American culture today."The number of readers who complain that they don’t get enough to read about jazz here is... small. But if there are any of you out...
UncategorizedThe Tycho Brahe hitFrom the really, really cold case files: Did a deeply-indebted plotter do a contract hit on the astronomer with the golden nose?...
OttawaAbraham Lincoln: Long enough to reach the groundMuch significance will be attached to the length of Obama’s speech. It’s worthwhile remembering that this is a dependent variable:...
OttawaVaclav Havel, New Year’s Day speech, 1990One of this week’s subjects is inaugural addresses. From Havel we learn three things: The rest is here .
OttawaM. Pelletier breaks his silenceGilbert Lavoie’s week-long series of excerpts from his twilight interviews with Jean Pelletier continue to provide fascinating...
OttawaYou know what the best things on earth are?Those little chocolate cups filled with chocolate that you get for dessert when you spring for Via 1. They’re the best things on...
OttawaYes we can welcome VIPsIn response, no doubt, to this story , the PMO pushed out this announcement, notably light on details, a couple of minutes ago: I...