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Bad social criticism ‘r’ us
Kay Hymowitz’s piece on dating in the City Journal reminds me in one way of a horrible newsmagazine story in the late 1980s or early 1990s, one that proclaimed certainty that women who were single in their early 30s were doomed never to marry. In another way, it reminds me of Sex and the City: […]
Someone left me out of the conspiracy
Dear Rev. Jeremiah “Them Jews aren’t going to let him talk to me” Wright, Apart from fact that you spoke on the day a white supremacist shot a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Museum (once again, your timing is impeccable), there are only a few things I have to say to you: First, I […]
If you’re an unemployed teacher or academic, run for office!
Which unemployed or underemployed people could plausibly run for office in 2010? The budget outlook in Florida is better than it used to be, thanks to the federal recovery funds that have already flowed and are likely to flow; essentially, federal funds are plugging about half of the gap legislators were facing for the next […]
Better late than never
Proof that the Obama Administration is doing the right thing but not always on my preferred schedule: Sweet Honey in the Rock performed in the White House yesterday, either 29 or 31 days after they should have performed publicly. And they’ll be performing publicly April 12 at the Lincoln Memorial for the Marian Anderson Tribute […]
In honor of rivalries
By Sherman Dorn on September 17, 2009
This afternoon my son will be on a bus with his marching band for a “road” game where his school’s football team is playing my daughter’s school’s football team. Minor irony: I can’t pick him up at the end of the game because he needs to go back with the band (to put away his […]
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