Category Archives: General Culture

BHO’s IQ

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Roger

Lately, I have read two articles on, bluntly, President Obama’s mental abilities.  Written by conservative commentators – Peggy Noonan and Bret Stephens, both writing in the Wall Street Journal – they not surprisingly take a pretty dim view of the … Continue reading →

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David Collum

Posted on December 25, 2014 by Roger

Every year, my buddy Jay sends me a link to David Collum’s Year in Review.  Now I am doing the same for all of you.  Here it is. For those of you who are not familiar with David, his day … Continue reading →

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The Big Hypocrisy Issue

Posted on August 21, 2014 by Roger

Just When You Thought Things Couldn’t Get Any Worse… The time is fast approaching when it will no longer be possible to dislike an Obama administration. Fortunately, an administration headed up by Hillary Clinton would probably be even easier to … Continue reading →

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Short Takes

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Roger

Between Two Generations Presumably everyone has seen the Between Two Ferns video with President Obama and Zach Galifianakis by now. If you haven’t, then here it is. At the very least, it confirms that Obama is a much better amateur … Continue reading →

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A Cultural Interlude

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Roger

This blog promises to comment on “Economics, Policy, Finance and General Culture”. There has been precious little of the latter and so now might be a good time to add some, particularly because my still flu-befuddled mind can focus far … Continue reading →

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Review of “What on Earth Happened?…in Brief” by Christopher Lloyd

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Roger

(This review first appeared in the review section of Amazon.  I have made some grammatical corrections in the text below.) I bought this book for my children and thought that I would read it in advance. Glad I did. Pretty … Continue reading →

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Review of “Guns, Germs and Steel” by Jared Diamond

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Roger

(This review first appeared in the review section of Amazon.  I have made some grammatical corrections in the text below. ) Although it may merely reflect my level of ignorance of many of the subjects covered by this book, I found … Continue reading →

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