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She Would Have Turned 60 Today
I wrote this in 2010, but have not published it until today, February 28, 2020. I wrote the headline today, but I have not otherwise updated time references. Twenty-seven years ago, on October 16, 1983, a deeply troubled young woman let go of her last hold on life, and tumbled off the Golden Gate Bridge.…
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Dictionaries: A Modern-Day Morality Play
“If you don’t look up the words you don’t know, you don’t deserve the beauty of literature,” my teacher said. Four decades later I still feel the lash in her voice.
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Seeking More Muslim Heroes
Unlike the thugs who killed him, Merabet had assimilated into French society, while retaining his Muslim identity.
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“When Your Policemen Wear Ski Masks, It’s Time for a New Regime”
Via Powerline — violent content warning.
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Some Perspective (or Maybe, Rose-Colored Glasses)
Today’s Wall Street Journal informs me that Wall Street as we knew it has ceased to exist. That bums me out. I used to make quite a decent living as a corporate gumby on Wall Street, and Wall Street firms have been among my most important clients as a communications consultant. Oh well. I expect…
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Iowa Results: The Cliff Notes Version
Up with a touch of insomnia, I offer these observations: 1. It’s over — Romney will be the nominee. I like to think my endorsement played a key role in… aw, nevermind. 2. I’m bored — can we start the general campaign now? 3. Rick Santorum’s fling as the non-Romney flavor-of-the-day has about six days…
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Time for My Annual Baseball Post: Johan Santana’s No-Hitter Is First in Mets’ 51-Year History
I missed the game, darn it, but this compilation of all 27 of Johan Santana’s outs has given me a taste of the first Mets no-hitter. If you care about the Mets, it’s well worth the 4-plus minutes it takes to watch. Heck, if you care about baseball at all, it’s worth it. I love…
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Will the Oil Disaster be “Obama’s Katrina”?
In The Corner, Yuval Levin has a sensible take on the tendency to blame the government for anything that goes wrong. We who live in the 21st century West have the least messy, least dangerous, least uncertain lives of any human beings in history. We should be very grateful for that, but we should not…
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My Hero, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, on Islamic Death Threats
In the midst of the controversy over “Everybody Draw Mohammed Day” it’s important to keep in mind the nature of the man being mocked. The Prophet spread his message at the point of the sword, and apostasy was only one of many transgressions for which the penalty was death.