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A Language of Smiles – Olivia Judson Blog – NYTimes.com. Olivia Judson asks a simple, but profound question about the psychological forces of linguistic predisposition. Do certain sounds inherently predispose us to happiness or sadness? On even a basic experimental level, it makes perfect sense. I think there’s a lot to the notion that immigrants to [...] Op-Ed Columnist – The Fatal Conceit – NYTimes.com. Brooks is right on the money, as usual. I’m quite fond of how he defines the administration as high on its own supposed intellectual acumen, as much as on its tremendous power. Sadly, I’m not at all fond of it in practice. I’m not as concerned with [...] Lone Cleric, Mehdi Karroubi, Emerges to Defy Iran’s Leaders – NYTimes.com. Before you go considering Karroubi some sort of valiant savior, don’t forget that he’s a mullah who came up with Khomeini and was appointed adviser to Khamenei, and is one of the Revolution’s “Old Guard.” For a “reformist” (like all the others, including Mousavi, Khatami [...] Philip Roth on ‘The Humbling’ – WSJ.com. Excellent and revealing interview with an aging Phillip Roth. His latest book is about an actor who’s “lost his magic.” Take a look.
Op-Ed Columnist – The Quiet Revolution – NYTimes.com. An excellent bit of news about the silently notable progress of Obama’s education agenda. For once, something to support Obama about, and to support him heartily. If he and Secretary Duncan can goad the states into passing laws to raise charter school caps (with the requisite research and [...] Held by the Taliban – A Times Reporter’s Account. A Five-Part Series by David Rohde. – Series – NYTimes.com. An absolute MUST-READ, if you haven’t come across it yet. Excellent insight into the Taliban and what’s happening on the Afghan-Paki border these days, as American and NATO troops aided by drones take the fight to the [...] Op-Ed Contributor – Rights Watchdog, Lost in the Mideast – NYTimes.com. Bravo, Robert Bernstein! You could teach Obama and the myriad of other Israel bashers and moral equivalence wielders a thing or two about moral courage and moral clarity. HRW is a run-away mess, focusing (much like the UNHRC and its ilk) SO disproportionately (and [...] Op-Ed Columnist – The Catastrophic Option – NYTimes.com. Snowe has made the ultimate political gamble – approved a health care “fix” which in fact fixes neither the underlying fiscal problem (cost of care) nor the structural one (insurers backstopped by the government), sacrificing reality for a “once-in-a-generation” opportunity to make things even worse, long term. [...] Charles Krauthammer: Debacle in Moscow | Op-Ed Contributors | Jerusalem Post. More on the pathetic excuse for a foreign policy waged by Obama & Co. If it weren’t truly tragic, it would be quite funny. B.O. has made one miscalculation after another – with Iran, Russia, North Korea, and others, to say nothing of his [...] |
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The Never-Ending Journey
The Never-Ending Journey.
Of Lionel Trilling, his generation’s pre-eminent literary critic, and two biographical titles recently out, which paint him as an ardently unique thinker and keen critic of the excesses of both the communist-loving American Left in the 30s and 40s and the conservative Religious Right. Here’s a man largely after my own heart, and [...]