Laughter is the Best Medicine
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Judge Lawrence VanDyke sits on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Alliance for Justice pays this backhanded tribute to him: Throughout his career, Lawrence VanDyke has shown his dedication to serving partisan interests…
Rubio runs rings… | Power Line
around his Democratic interlocutors (and Rand Paul) in his appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday. The Department of State has posted video of his testimony along with a transcript here. Need I add…
Thanks, I needed that | Power Line
The Babylon Bee reports the good news and bad news in December’s employment data: The White House announced that job creation in December blew past expectations, with over one million new jobs being created in just one month.…
I’m not sick. You’re sick!
For those of you who have been following along with my long explication of the tangled tale of Ilhan Omar, please note this exchange reported in today’s New York Post story: “Why do you think they keep bringing this up?” Omar…
Enter laughing | Power Line
Looking at the heading I chose for “Rob Reiner’s tragic exit,” I was reminded of his father Carl Reiner’s Enter Laughing. It was the elder Reiner’s first film as a director. I drove over to the Suburban World or Uptown…
Cockburn reports | Power Line
The Spectator (UK) is the oldest surviving magazine in the world. It is a venerable institution, now with its own American edition published as Spectator World. Visiting a friend yesterday morning, I received an email message…
Lost in woke translation | Power Line
I’ve subscribed and canceled my subscription to the New York Review of Books in an endless cycle of violence. I am currently in the truce or cancelation phase of the cycle, so I missed Susan Neiman’s NYRB review of David…
Quote of the day | Power Line
We can’t turn to Ammo Grrrll on Power Line for our Friday laughs anymore, but today we have Wall Street Journal sports columnist Jason Gay. Writing about Boston Celtics coach Jason Mazzulla (links omitted), Gay observes: This…
A fight for the soul of the right
A poltical/intellectual battle is underway for the future of the conservative movement. Tucker Carlson and his friends stand on one side of the divide. On the other stands, well, my exemplar of the day — Babylon Bee chief…
Cackling is the best medicine
In today’s Washington Free Beacon newsletter, my daughter Eliana links to the video below with the tag “I’ll have what she’s smoking.” I think “I’ll have what she’s drinking” may be slightly more accurate. In any case, the…
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