Read from NPR the manipulative editing Katie Couric, executive producer and narrator, was involved in while interviewing a Virginia gun rights organization. In the footage for the documentary “Under the Gun,” the editing makes the participants look shocked and rather stupid, as though they are stumped by Katie Couric’s key question on background checks. Fortunately, […]
Terrorists/Unions Killing French Tourism
Dick and I are back in Paris after several days in Beaune, France, the heart of Burgundy and its wine. Once again we stayed at our favored L’Hote de Beaune, first introduced to us by a Butterfield & Robinson bike tour we took about five years ago. Biking through Burgundy on the mythical Route des […]
Thumbing Their Noses at D.C. Elites
As Hillary Clinton’s once double-digit lead over Donald Trump narrows to only three percentage points, according to the WSJ, it’s important to understand that voters for Donald Trump are doing more than just rejecting President Obama and his policies. Equally important is that they are rejecting “the brand of unprincipled ‘conservatism’ that marked the Bush […]
Two for the Price of One—Redux?
No one has to remind voters how “transcendentally bizarre” the 2016 presidential race has been. With two almost-nominees sporting the highest unfavorable ratings in modern history, it seems as though the majority of voters—Democrats and Republicans alike—are going to vote based on their intense dislike for the opposing party. Maureen Dowd of the NYT calls […]
Winning Ugly
John McLaughlin and Jim McLaughlin, Republican strategists and partners in the national polling firm McLaughlin & Associates, predict that the tightening presidential race will rest on the 26% group of voters who have an unfavorable view of both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. “These voters are split virtually evenly, with 35 percent liking Clinton, 34 […]
Differences Between Pain and Suffering
Tawni Tidwell is not as yet a household name, but she is the first Westerner to be certified in Tibetan medicine among Tibetan peers, by Tibetan teachers, in the Tibetan language. Ms. Tidwell, who has Native American ancestry from both parents, is now a Tibetan M.D. Melvin Konner writes about Ms. Tidwell in the WSJ, […]
Rise in Violent Crime in U.S. Cities—”Holy Cow”
Violent crime, after falling for two decades, has risen in some U.S. cities since the beginning of 2015. According to BBC, the blame of the rise may be from the “Ferguson Effect,” in which protests to perceived police brutality sometimes turned violent. The murder rate in NYC has gone up by 20% from 2014 to […]
How Republicans Lost the Base
Donald J. Trump’s victory is not as much an endorsement of Mr. Trump as it is a rebuke to professional Republicans in D.C., writes Peggy Noonan in the WSJ. … almost every conservative and Republican in Washington—in politics, think tanks and journalism—backed a candidate other than Mr. Trump. Every one of those candidates lost, and […]
Room with a View
Originally posted October 10, 2014. Before heading to Burgundy, on one of our last days in Paris on the front end of this fall’s trip, Dick and I signed up for a Paris by Mouth tour, one which focused on food emporiums in the 3rd arrondissement. (I first read about Paris by Mouth on David […]
Good Morning from Budapest
Good morning from the Four Seasons, Budapest—our view from our balcony of the Buda Castle (right). The Gresham Palace is a beautiful Art Deco hotel. Just had what may be about the best cup of coffee ever. More than a touch of cream might have something to do with it. We are on the Pest […]
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