As regular readers of this blog are aware, I have supported Aaron and Melissa Klein, the former owner of Sweet Cakes By Melissa in Gresham, Oregon, regarding their right to refuse to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple on the grounds that it flies in the face of their deeply held religious beliefs. This is not because I support the Kleins\’ views on same sex marriage. I...
I just watched Yankee pitcher Brian Mitchell get hit flush in the face – I\’m not sure where, hoping it is not his eye – by a batted ball. Mitchell fell straight down, face on the ground, and stayed down until he was helped off the field, with a towel covering his face, but blood all over his hand. We sometimes forget that the pitcher starts only 60 feet, six inches...
Today\’s quote comes to us from Bob Woodward, a reporter who knows a little something about shady politicians who try to hide things. Here is what Mr. Woodward has to say about Hillary Clinton and her email problem: “So, you\’ve got a massive amount of data in a way, reminds me of the Nixon tapes: Thousands of hours of secretly recorded conversations that Nixon thought were...
Ken Berwitz Here are the results of the latest poll conducted August 13 – 15th for Fox News, by Anderson – Robbins….two research companies one of which works primarily with Republicans, one of which works primarily with Democrats: As you may know, while Hillary Clinton was secretary of state she used a personal email account and a computer server at her home to do government...
We do not have daughters. But we have a granddaughter – an amazingly smart, transcendentally beautiful one (my unbiased opinion). I just was sent an “Application For Permission To Date My Daughter”, which is posted in very abbreviated form below (the full version is way too long for this blog). And, although it is of no use to my wife and me, I am most...
I\’m not going to tell you why I am thanking Sylvia, a customer service representative at Hasbro, Inc. for her efforts on our behalf, because I don\’t want her besieged with requests to do the same from a bunch of other people. But leave it suffice to say that she was very pleasant, very professional, and very accommodating – moreso than I would have expected, given why I...
Charles Blow is an op-ed columnist for the New York Times. He is also, in my opinion, one of the many people who, often with complete sincerity, have only a selective understanding of what racism actually is and when it occurs. Following are segments of Mr. Blow’s latest column, published in today’s edition. His comments are in rust, with my reactions in blue. Please read them...
I am certain this was nothing more than a coincidence. But… …today\’s New York Times crossword puzzle has the clue “Comedian/TV host once called the “Queen of Nice”, the answer to which is “rosie”, meaning rosie o\’donnell… …and it is the first weekday puzzle in the Times since last Friday, when, during a profanity laced rant...
Why do I so often attack our mainstream media as being partisan? Case in point: Yesterday, on ABC News\’s “This Week” show, there was a report by Jonathan Karl which gave us this startling piece of information – information which could literally change the course of the 2016 election: But in the most intriguing new development, Platte River Networks, the Colorado...
My congratulations to Hillary Clinton. Not only has she provided a treasure trove of ammunition for her opposition, but has – of her own volition – done it in a way which ensures that additional ammunition will keep coming for an elongated period of time. Excerpted from John Solomon\’s article for the Washington Times: While media coverage has focused on a half-dozen of...
For whatever it means to you… …if you want really excellent Greek food, and you like a funky, East Village area to eat it in, head for Pylos, on E. 7th St. between Avenue A and 1st Avenue. Terrific atmosphere (which is a departure from a lot of the other restaurants in that area), including a ceiling comprised of pottery – you\’ll have to see it to...
Today\’s quote comes to us from Vice President Joe Biden, who, it seems more and more clear, is paving the way for a presidential run that would give Democrats a flawed, but serious, alternative to the disastrous, self-immolating Hillary Clinton. Mr. Biden, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, speaking at a memorial for the five U.S. Marines who were killed last month by the radicalized Islamic...
For months, most mainstream media have more or less reported that, while Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, she handled emails differently than she probably should have, and this is causing problems for her 2016 presidential campaign. What you just read is all true. And nicely sanitized to gloss over the seriousness of what happened, the serial dishonesty of Ms. Clinton...
Today\’s Paragraphs Of The Day winner is Lauren Gambino, writing for London\’s Daily Guardian. Ms. Gambino wins for her excellent analysis of Hillary Clinton\’s current status which, not incidentally, concurs with my own – why else would I award her today\’s honors?): Despite the preponderance of evidence that suggests the nomination is Clinton\’s to...
Some time ago I wrote about seeing Ed Schultz, the hard left (as of a number of years ago, when he decided there was more money in it than there was in the conservative views he was pushing then) former (as of a couple of weeks ago) MSNBC show host, at the bar when our children took us to JoJo, a famous restaurant in (ironically) the Trump International Tower off Columbus Circle in...
