So the results are in from the Republican caucuses in Iowa. Who won? Who lost? I guess one could spin Mitt Romney’s squeaker of a victory either way. He beat Rick Santorum, a guy who was buried in the polls for months, by just 8 votes. One could argue that a significant percentage of Republicans […]
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So I was in the mall on the day after Christmas, and a couple of merchants wished me a “Happy New Year.” Both times I thought about saying, “That’s offensive: I don’t celebrate the new year. You should just say, “Happy Holiday.” Like I just said, I thought about saying that, and I wondered if
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What kind of world are we living in? In the category of healthy self-esteem we have a guy running for President who has allegedly compared himself to Winston Churchill, Margaret Thatcher, and Ronald Reagan. These three ran their countries and won wars ( the Second World, the Falklands, and the Cold one, respectively). The man
Okay, would everyone who responds to articles on the Internet please stop calling those they disagree with “Dumb?” Such characterizations aren’t helpful in the least. “George W. Bush was so dumb that (fill in the blank) had to do his thinking for him.” “Barack Obama is so dumb, he can’t read a speech without a teleprompter.”
Memo to the lawyer for the NBA Players’ Association who compared his clients’ situation to life on the plantation: Find a new metaphor. The people you really disrespected were the slaves. How could anyone compare multimillionaires who play a game for a living and get long summer vacations to slaves suffering on the plantation? I’m
