Category — For The Record

“Hillary Week” recently concluded. It just seemed like it lasted a month. As you know, Hillary Clinton’s book, Hard Choices, was just released to exceptionally lukewarm reviews. At her New York book signing the crowds were decent, but we hear they were nowhere near as big as when the Jonas Brothers were there. (To be fair, crowds at my book signings aren’t even as big as the crowd for a Jonas sister, if only there actually was one – a sister, we mean.) However, during some of her interviews and a few book signing stops, we did learn a few things. For instance, apparently Abraham Lincoln was a senator. So, it seems, was Hillary Clinton. Who knew?   Read the rest of this entry »

Herman Melville’s novels are familiar to most high school students (or they used to be) but his poetry is another matter. I am guessing that, outside the literary world, most people are not aware he wrote poetry. This blogger made …

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Apparently, Australia is the home to a lot of genders. And we mean a lot! A Sydney University campus newspaper recently included a survey for students to select their gender identity. There were a total of 57 different options. That’s more than the number of states in the United States, unless one uses Obama math, in which case it’s a tie. I’m old enough to remember when there were only two gender options. Interestingly, those two options were conspicuously absent from the survey.   Read the rest of this entry »

Scientists have discovered that a protein encoded by a gene called KL-VS may boost an individual’s IQ by six points. That is really good news since we’ve been looking for a way to get a few points back that we lost while thumbing through a recent issue of People Magazine. We probably have no hope of repairing the damage caused from the fifteen minutes tuned in to Hardball on MSNBC last week. Upon hearing the news of the KL-VS gene, Joe Biden wondered if he could get it in a smoothie. Um, Joe, you’d better ask for an extra-large.   Read the rest of this entry »

Congressman Trey Gowdy has some questions for the gallant members of our press. As he suggests, draw your own conclusions.   Read the rest of this entry »

The time: Some date in the future when the Democrats once again are the majority party in the House of Representatives. The place: A hearing of HAAC, the House on American Activities Committee. This doesn't seem as farfetched as it should.   Read the rest of this entry »

The third chapter of Weavers seminal work, Ideas Have Consequences deals with yet another aspect of modern mans systematic abandonment of the classical search for the Good, the True, and the Beautiful.   Read the rest of this entry »

A humorous look at recent news.   Read the rest of this entry »

Here is some powerful symbolism showing what is happening in Ukraine.   Read the rest of this entry »

Victor Davis Hanson is one of those articulate people that can speak extemporaneously better than most people can write considered prose. For those who don't have the time to devote to the full interview, we've captured some of his thoughts.   Read the rest of this entry »