At the New York Times , Laura A. Munson describes how, when her husband suddenly said “I don’t love you anymore,” she simply chose not to believe him. He eventually came out of it, and they didn’t divorce: Sure, you have your marital issues, but on the whole you feel so . . . . Continue Reading »
In yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, Joseph Bottum reviewed Thomas Pynchon’s new novel Inherent Vice : “Inherent Vice” is the closest to beach reading that Thomas Pynchon has ever produced. Of course, take-to-the-beach best sellers are nearly always genre fiction: thrillers and . . . . Continue Reading »
Skeptical about the dire claims made about climate change? Harbor mistrust of scientists or government officials? Think we should be wary of taking radical, urgent action to control a complex system like our climate? You obviously have some psychological issues you need to work out : Psychological . . . . Continue Reading »
Lest anyone think that Fridays in my house are all dolor and sacrifice and Filet-O-Fish sandwiches, let me say a few words now about homemade ice cream. Among other things. First let me say that until about two weeks ago, I’d never made ice cream. When my husband and I married, nearly twenty . . . . Continue Reading »
Over at National Review , the urbane Mike Potemra offers a short but entirely accurate paean to James Joyce’s Ulysses . Read it, then read the book . . . . . Continue Reading »
I was deeply gratified to read Jack Ross’ paen to the Green Mountain Republic at Post Right. I would urge him, however, before going all Benedict Option on the place to consider carefully what horrors may lurk ‘neath the ” crowded green hills and endless trickle of brooks “: . . . . Continue Reading »
In a remarkably feckless article, “Truth-telling and Responsibility In Health Care ” Jim Wallis tries to convince us that all the concern over health care and abortion is much ado about nothing. President Obama said, “I think we also have a tradition of, in this town, historically, . . . . Continue Reading »
This is the kind of action that PETA and many other “mainstream” animal rights groups refuse to condemn. The vacation home of a drug company executive was torched and his mother’s ashes stolen. From the story:British animal rights activists have been accused of burning down a . . . . Continue Reading »
This “industrial farmer” is really ticked off by crunchy, porch-bound critics who don’t know what they’re talking about. The truth is that many “industrial farmers” are family farmers; they’re not all that alienated from the land or nature, and they give a . . . . Continue Reading »
You’ve probably heard the decades-old tale about how the band Van Halen included a provision in their backstage concert rider that stipulated that brown M&M’s were to be banished from the band’s dressing room. I had always assumed it was another arbitrary and outlandish demand . . . . Continue Reading »
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