If you’ve been trying, in vain, to download my free Nero Wolfe threesome, Three Bullets, well, I apologize. Thanks to a computer glitch unseen by me, they were unavailable. But that’s all in the past! The three novellas, Invitation to a Shooting Party, Fame Will Tell, and Politics Is Murder, all featuring Rex Stout’s inimitable…
Author: Alan Vanneman
Yes, Republicans, the FBI is corrupt. THANKS TO YOU!
Over at Lawfare, Benjamin Wittes explains the tragedy/farce farce/tragedy of former deputy FBI director Andrew McCabe’s dismissal and now impending indictment for false statements made in the course of an internal investigation. The record is perfectly clear: Andrew McCabe was fired immediately prior to the vesting of his pension and now very likely will be…
Dolchstosslegende at the Washington Post
Over at the American Conservative, Gil Barndollar, former Marine Corps officer and currently Military Fellow-in-Residence at the Catholic University of America’s Center for the Study of Statesmanship, has an excellent article on the modern American version of Dolchstosslegende (“dagger stab myth”)—the claim made by the German Right and immensely amplified by Adolf Hitler that Germany’s…
Michel Petrucciani—“Round Midnight”
1993 – Stuttgarte. Posted by boogieonlineat
The New York Times, more sinned against than sinning. Or not.
The New York Times has caught a lot of grief for its “1619 Project”, which claims to explain all of American history in terms of slavery. And much of it is justified. Damon Linker, writing in The Week, gives a reasonable overview: “The New York Times surrenders to the left on race”, Damon offers praise…
Lyin’ Paulie Ryan, livin’ in Infamy, which is right next to Potomac
“A line that will live in infamy.” That’s what Mitt Romney Republican (and former Paul Ryan Republican) Tim Alberta had to say about Paulie’s paean to Bossman Donnie, thanking the Trumpster for his “exquisite presidential leadership” when Ryan stepped down from the speakership of the House of Representatives earlier this year. Tim Alberta studies the…
Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: not entirely the all-out misogynistic gore-fest I had been expecting!
When Quentin Tarantino was a young man, he had dreams, as young men do. These are among the things that Quentin Tarantino dreamed: That he would kick Bruce Lee’s ass; That he would save Sharon Tate’s ass; That he would have a pitbull that would bite people on the ass (also the nuts); That he…
This just in: Stephen S. Fuller is a liar
WashPost reporter Dalton Bennett provides this item for the “Nothing to see here, folks. Move along, move along” file: A prominent Washington-area economist wrote an opinion piece welcoming the arrival of Amazon’s new headquarters in Northern Virginia at the suggestion of a company official who hoped to build public support for the project before a…
Short takes
Donald Trump not a nice person, Megan McArdle discovers Well, he isn’t. As Megan explains, following the announcement by Texas Republican Representative Will Hurd, the sole black Republican in the House, that he is retiring: All of which [Hurd’s intelligence, honesty, and decency] makes Hurd’s impending departure the perfect symbol of what has happened to…
The Corcoran Street McDonalds: From urban to urbane
Damn straight Mickey D’s gone uptown, at its once seriously downtown 17th & Corcoran location two blocks from my place. The renovation’s complete and those flowers in those pots are real, man! Once you’re inside, you can order and pay for your meal electronically and then have a seat while they bring it to you!…