The batshit crazy coronation of Kamala Harris is history repeating itself as farce

Everyone knows Vice President Harris is awful.  It’s why talk about whether President Biden should withdraw from the race included an aside about what to do with her.  Is it possible she could be passed over somehow?  Instead, she had to be completely remade, downright deified, the same way Biden was before her.  As I… Continue reading The batshit crazy coronation of Kamala Harris is history repeating itself as farce

Democrats and the mainstream media are revealing their true contempt for democracy in real time

Never in history have we seen a party and a media apparatus seem to believe the average person will wake up one morning to find the Biden campaign and perhaps the presidency is no more, and think absolutely nothing of it, ask no questions, have no concerns, simply vote for whoever they tell them to… Continue reading Democrats and the mainstream media are revealing their true contempt for democracy in real time

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope and the invention of the modern movie

When you consider that the 1948 cult-classic was one of the master director’s lesser known and less heralded works, his achievement in cinema – which I would suggest amounts to nothing less than the invention of modern cinema, from its plot and characters to how it is filmed and edited  – is all the more… Continue reading Alfred Hitchcock’s Rope and the invention of the modern movie

Teddy Roosevelt, beer, and equality under the law

New York City had a drinking problem in 1895, or rather a legal problem concerning drinking because the sale of alcohol was prohibited on Sunday throughout the state. As President of the Police Board of Commissioners, Teddy Roosevelt chose to take on machine politics and the entire city by rigidly enforcing the prohibition as a… Continue reading Teddy Roosevelt, beer, and equality under the law

As the midterms are underway, even CNN knows Joe Biden is full of malarkey and always has been

The midterms were always going to be a referendum on President Biden, and no one should be surprised to learn that the country isn’t enthused with a chronically incompetent, serial liar in the White House.  This is who Joe Biden has always been.  It’s the reason no one wanted him in the first place, and… Continue reading As the midterms are underway, even CNN knows Joe Biden is full of malarkey and always has been