Or, the beginning of the end? NPR editor Uri Berliner resigns, blasting CEO Katherine Maher : NPR Only thyme will tell….a sage once told me that. Continue reading The End of the Beginning?

And so, the plot thickens to clotted cream!  How taxing! Busted! Here is the link to Mr. Berliner’s proclamation:  I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. | The Free Press (thefp.com) Continue reading Do as I say, not as I do do!

I’ve Been at NPR for 25 Years. Here’s How We Lost America’s Trust. | The Free Press (thefp.com) Not much to about this excellent appraisal from the inside, except that it is yet another sign of our times.  Continue reading Taxpayer $s at Work

Premodern Diversity vs. Civilizational Unity | RealClearPolitics For 40 years I have feared what Victor Hanson recounts in the article linked above.  Now, with 40 years to of growth to harvest, the bounty is decidedly rotting.  Continue reading There is no unity in diversity. But there is diversity in unity!

“When logic and proportionHave fallen sloppy deadAnd the White Knight is talking backwardsAnd the Red Queen’s off with her head” Victor David Hanson’s Take Now, as we begin 2023 in earnest, it is high time to reflect upon the path forward and end game for so many nations actively pursuing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) policies and legislation.  Will the West succumb to the logical extensions of such DEI policies present as Mr. Hanson suggests will happen in the U.S.?   “Remember what the dormouse saidFeed your headFeed your head”      Continue reading Brave Old World?

Catchy Headline Just when I thought I had read my fill of underwater life articles, here comes another with a racy title.  This headline almost rivals the ones on the tabloid newspapers fronting those waiting in the supermarket checkout lines:  Man Bites Dog, Elvis Presley is Alive Again, Alien Beings Control Vegas Nightlife, etc. Despite its fantastic headline, the article is actually worth reading.  It describes another endangered species which, similar to the clams in yesterday’s post, may very well by its nature (placid), evolve into extinction. Yet one has to carefully read this quote from the near the end of the article to avoid … Continue reading Cloaca and Dagger?

L’arte nel suo mistero, le diverse bellezze insiem confonde… Ma nel ritrar costei, Il mio solo pensiero, Il mio sol pensier sei tu, Tosca, sei tu! Met Suspends Levine Continue reading Tosca, sei tu!

Mel Brooks as ONLY Mel Brooks Can Be Continue reading Surely, “Don’t Call Me!”

For a wider view of the North Korean situation, here is the tape of the speech Abe, Prime Minister of Japan, gave before the UN General Assembly today. If you study these things, you will likely note that there is a decided change in tone from past addresses of Japanese Prime Ministers. Office of Prime Minister of Japan And China’s Response….. Continue reading Abe’s UN General Assembly Address on Wednesday, September 20th

The Counter Culture and Schwab’s Pharmacy This article, as you might guess, has drawn some ire and in some cases rage. Yet it seems to me elegant in its simplicity, and as straight-forward an argument as you can expect to get these days. Of course it is just an “Op-Ed”, not fact, something I fear bears repeating in these days of FB postings of opinion pieces masquerading as fact. This article is written about the United States. Yet many countries which honor the rule of law as a preeminent and abiding truth should take note. A summary of what I … Continue reading The Indiscrete Charm of the Hoi Polloi