Michelle Obama urges Black America to wake up and smell the black coffee on The Morning Grind: “I’m completely confident: black America will wake up, and get [it]. But what we’re dealing with in the black community is just the natural fear of possibility…You know, there’s always that doubt in the back of the minds of people of color. People who’ve been oppressed and haven’t been given real opportunities. That

Hillary Clinton’s campaign has admitted to planting questions with audience members in Iowa and pointing out the plants to her (though it was also news to her, somehow).  Rival candidate John Edwards pounced on the scandalette, saying the practice is “what George Bush does.” Edwards — and the press which relayed his attack — have short memories. Others may recall that in 1992, President-elect Clinton held an “economic summit” in Little

Our flight out of Santa Barbara — a nice 1:52 direct shot to DIA — was canceled yesterday afternoon when some kind of warning light flared up during taxiing for takeoff. So instead of getting home at a reasonable hour, my wife and I were obligated to visit the airport in San Jose, and from there, catch a flight back to Colorado. All of which has left me exhausted, particularly

In an excellent piece at The American Thinker. If there’s one thing I want you to take away from the article, it’s that pirates are to blame for rising temperatures. It also suggests a cool new team name for my alma mater.

Brendan’s birthday is on Wednesday, so as part of the festivities we’re doing a little father-son bonding today, and driving down to Boston (Framingham) for the following: The Sci Fi Channel, in partnership with Microsoft, will unspool a special two-hour episode of “Battlestar Galactica” in movie theaters in eight major cities two weeks before it premieres on the network. The episode, “Razor,” kicks off the final 22-hour season of the

I just love Degas. Kyle Smith: Apparently Nimoy’s book advances something called “the fat acceptance movement,” and Nimoy chastises us all–how dare we be attracted to the attractive?–in the book by noting that “the average American woman weighs 25 percent more than the models selling the clothes.” And a few women, apparently, weigh 300 percent more than the models selling the clothes. Warning: not safe for anything (h/t Hot Air)

A group of displaced Wisconsinites in Vermont yesterday prevailed on me, after 2 years of bugging, to accompany them to a sports bar in Essex Junction to watch the Packers-Vikings game. The deal was, in addition to a beer a quarter, we had to drink a shot of schnapps everytime the Packers scored. They scored a lot. I’m hung over. I’m guessing Sinner and Moronpundit may be, as well, today.

Liz Stephans and that guy she blogs with demonstrate what we morons do when we view her image, from the Blog World Expo.

David points us to an article discussing the prevailing orthodoxy: At various times, and in various conversations, I wonder out loud whether any of them could imagine a play that challenged, say, the values of multiculturalism. Mostly I am met with baffled silences. Sir Peter Hall sums it up for me when he says: “I’m sure there are people who would like to write that sort of play, but they

A big thanks to all those who’ve ever served the United States in uniform. We owe you more than we can say, but that won’t stop us taking a shot. I’m going to repost an idea that I posted in the Pub a week ago, and see if there’s any interest in such a project, or whether it’s already being done. Feel free to add anything you like in the