Peter Jones of the Spectator, quoting George Orwell on the continuing decline of plain English: “slovenly language and slovenly thinking begin to feed off and reinforce each other: ‘[English] becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts.’ ” If… Continue reading

Rick Heller says it better than me on the recent arrest of Phoenix Archbishop O’Brien for leaving the scene after a hit-and-run auto accident: “The anchor said that it was expected that ‘the Pope will replace him.’ “The thought that immediately crossed my mind was, ‘why would the Pope want to become Bishop of Phoenix?’”… Continue reading

I attended a short Technology seminar yesterday on upgrades and security issues at the Boston hospital where I work. Apple sent a sales rep and an engineer to talk about OS X for those MDs and hospital personnel still working in OS 9. Of course, Apple is notorious for keeping its plans mum, but I… Continue reading

Here’s a union Democrat on the current “crop” of presidential candidates: “Recently, McEntee says, “I was driving on Pennsylvania Avenue, past the Ronald Reagan Building, and I thought, ‘Where are you now that we really need you?’ Bad as he [Reagan] was for our people, this crowd is way out there.” The blunt-speaking McEntee, more… Continue reading

All French-bashing and jokes aside, here is an excellent analysis from the London Times on what ails the French—and indeed continental European—economy.