Hollywood Rocked by Another Shocking Natalie Portman Body-Double Scandal
Let’s see: Politics, taxes, Libya — yep, I’ve covered all those insignificant trivial stories today. Time for some really important news: Her dance double for Black Swan has claimed that she did hardly any of the full body shots seen in the film. And now it is claimed that Natalie Portman used yet another body […]
‘Mission Creep’ in Libya: Cameron Won’t Rule Out Use of British Ground Troops
The London Telegraph reports: The Prime Minister insisted that there would be no “occupation” of Libya, but repeatedly refused to rule out short-lived ground-level operations by British forces. Mr Cameron’s words, in a television interview, led to renewed warnings of “mission creep” in Libya. . . . It is understood that British Special Forces soldiers […]
Tax Day 2011
It is no small irony that Tax Day came late this year because on Friday, Washington, D.C., celebrated “Emancipation Day.” The Lonely Conservative: Isn’t it nice to know that so many of our fellow Americans pay no federal taxes? The Associated Press article linked does not make clear that most of these non-taxpayers are low-income […]
‘Civility’ and Professor Krugman
Paul Krugman lives in a universe where reality is whatever liberals say it is. And he is now concerned that Democrats are being too civil. Without seeming to grasp the irony, Krugman writes: Eventually, of course, America must choose between these differing visions. And we have a way of doing that. It’s called democracy. Now, Republicans […]
Sunday Libya Update: Qaddafi Forces Strike Ajdabiya With Artillery Again
The see-saw struggle in eastern Libya has turned against the rebels once more, the U.K. Guardian reports: Muammar Gaddafi’s forces mounted a heavy assault on Libyan rebels holding the key town of Ajdabiya on Sunday in a sign that the regime is stepping up efforts to regain territory in the east of the country. Explosions […]
Fox & Beck: The Real Story
Jason Write, who co-authored Glenn Beck’s book The Christmas Sweater, explains the less-controversial truth behind the end of Beck’s daily show: He and his vastly underrated business and creative teams at Mercury Radio Arts have long considered a change when he became, in effect, a free agent. It’s not what his detractors want you to […]
Public Education: Making It Easy for Sexual Predators to Find Their Prey
When he was about 30 and teaching high-school band in Georgia in the late 1980s, Robert Hamberg divorced his wife, Jacque, and married 18-year-old Diane, his former student who had once baby-sat his children. Well, OK. Creepy and unethical, perhaps, but not illegal. However, reasonable people might think that such behavior would have put an […]
Rep. Thad McCotter Talks Libya and Plays Blues Riffs on His Custom Telecaster
From Human Events.
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