The Beast is Us

Unlike most people, we never liked horror movies or, for that matter, roller coasters.  The notion of scaring your own pants off always struck us as a non-starter.  ....   [continue reading]

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The Clown Act of U.S. Policy

Was it even a decent interval?  Two weeks after Obama’s vaunted “policy reset” in which he committed the United States to “partner with countries where terrorist networks seek a foothold,”   ...   [ continue reading ]

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Atavism & Freedom

In a sterling example of ethnic-fetishism, the New York Times has carried a front page story announcing that former (†) "Cardinal O’Connor’s Mother Was Jewish.”   .... [continue reading]

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Frustration...

"My biggest frustration so far is the fact that this society has not been willing to take some basic steps to keep guns out of the hands of people who can do just unbelievable damage," Obama said.

Like the Pentagon?

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Two Creations & the Old Lie

Rather by chance, we came across Lully’s Marche Royale on Youtube which was gallantly pleasing as these marches go.   Far more impressive, though, were the accompanying video-stills taken from the Cathedral d’Albi, . . .   [continue reading ]

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A Place Rumored to Exist

We chipsters recently had occasion to watch a movie we had seen almost 15 years ago; and, seeing it again, thought we would jot down some thoughts about it.   Hombres Armados (1997), by John Sayles  ....  [ continue reading ]

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Delusions of Office

Is Obama truly as historically oblivious as he appears to be or is a more dangerous psycho-pathology at work?   [READ]

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The Resentful Spirit of Republicanism

No sooner than the ink was dry on Juan Carlos’ abdication than a noisy swarm of republicans swelled the streets of Spain demanding the abolition of the monarchy and, in what must certainly qualify as an act of useless, political nostalgia, chanting the anthems of the Second Republic ....  [continue reading]

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A Wolf Hiding under Tufts of Wool

Obama read a speech today which has been billed as a signaling a “shift” in foreign policy.  Nonsense.  As we have said before, “Empires do not go Swiss.”  [continue reading]

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Chanting on the Cheap

In an idling moment, we came across Vatican Television’s broadcast of the 2 Pope Canonization Duo, last Sunday. It certainly was impressive to see the millions filling and overflowing Vatican Square, .... [continue reading]

Resurrection in Review

Chipster is reading Resurrection by  Leo Tolstoy.  It is not a particularly good novel because Tolstoy uses his characters as vehicles for didactic points rather than developing them of their own accord.  But although the character development is flat, the novel is carried along -- toward Siberia -- on its story line, . . . .   [continue reading]

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The One Percent Holocaust

  

Silicon billionaire Thomas J. Perkins has criticized the "persecution" of the rich by the radical poor as a "Progressive Kristallnacht."   . . .  [READ]

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