Month: January 2013

We have this book of poems by Shel Silverstein that the kids like. I’m not a huge Silverstein fan in general. I despise the Giving […]

I thought Carolyn Cline came across well when being interviewed on Fresh Air the other day. I love Terry Gross, but one thing that drives […]

I’m learning British terms more and more, but there was an announcement at church on Sunday that stumped me: “It’s Burns Night so we’re having […]

Good article by Bjørn Lomborg on global warming scaremongering. I’ve unquestionably become more liberal in most views in the past decade. But I still fancy […]

David Denby on why movies today suck. Half-interesting. The thesis is, to me, not really, the same tired complaint of the old about how movies […]

Every time there’s a debate about taxes, there are people out there (for example Henry and Gregg Easterbrook) who say certain liberals who favor higher […]

Just saw Les Miserables (opened this weekend in the UK). 4 stars. Loved it. I was a decent fan of the Les Mis before. Saw […]

It’s interesting listening to Americans talk here, because they talk differently. I’m already doing it also. Part of it is we use British terms, like […]

I mentioned before how medicines are different here, like Benadryl is not the same as in the US. I found out that Benadryl here is […]

Enjoyed this story on David Shaw being a torch-bearer for African-American football coaches. I’m not a particularly big fan of affirmative action, but I do […]