The French have a name for it, “l’esprit de escalier,” which roughly translates to “wisdom of the staircase.” It’s that brilliant idea that pops into your head as you’re heading up the stairs when the party’s over; the brilliant retort you wish you had thought of a minute earlier when you were downstairs with your [...]
I don’t like seeing anybody lose a job for expressing a controversial, unpopular opinion. But I’m not going to lose any sleep over Helen Thomas’ forced retirement. Helen Thomas is about to turn 90 and is living proof that there’s no fool like an old fool. For many years she was the White House correspondent [...]
As we all know, none of us, no matter what our religion, no matter how strong our faith, no matter if we are atheists with no faith at all – none of us! – is allowed to show images of any kind depicting the prophet Mohammad. To do so is to violate the rules of [...]
In the big scheme of things what Jon Stewart says about me or what I say about him doesn’t amount to much. It doesn’t really amount to much in the small scheme of things, either. But this is the United States of Entertainment, after all, so here goes. The other night Jon Stewart played a [...]
I was never a John McCain fan, and nothing he’s done recently has changed my mind. Sort of. The lamestream media, on the other hand, loved McCain the Maverick. They would tell us – and who knows, maybe they actually believed it – that they liked him because he was independent, a profile in courage, [...]
From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” Department: The other day, Newt Gingrich took a pot shot at President Obama. He told Republicans meeting in New Orleans that, “shooting three-point shots may be clever, but it doesn’t put anybody to work.” It was a reference to President Obama’s televised shoot-out with CBS sports analyst [...]
There’s been a lot of hand-wringing lately, much of it from sensitive liberals, about how uncivil we’ve become. Just look at those white racist Neanderthals who go to tea parties, liberals will tell you — in case you need proof. There were the columns in the Miami Herald, the Washington Post and the New York [...]
When we last met in this space, I was telling you about Frank Rich, the New York Times columnist … about how he was pontificating on healthcare reform … about how the anger out there isn’t really a manifestation of the unhappiness with the way healthcare reform turned out, according to Mr. Rich. Instead we [...]
