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WFB at the Ballgame -- By: Jay Nordlinger

A reader begins his note, “Funny that you talk about Buckley and baseball in your column today, Jay.” Why? At the 1999 Mets season opener at Shea Stadium, I was sitting in the mezzanine section. There was a gap of two seats between me and a gentleman ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: New York Mets,  New York Yankees,  Ira Glasser,  American Civil Liberties Union

A Thanksgiving Proclamation -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Well, a reader has just knocked the stuffing out of me, so to speak. Alternatively, he has given me a dressing down. At the end of your column, you imply that the difference between dressing and stuffing is merely semantic. I would like to point out, ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  24 Nov 2009

Et Tu, Thanksgiving? -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Can you stand a little “Happy Holidays” talk? I have an item on this issue — “Merry Christmas” vs. “Happy Holidays” — in Impromptus today. Long story short: A Jewish friend of mine, who works in a Catholic social-services organization, is the only one ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  24 Nov 2009

You Are Allegedly Reading the Corner -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Tell you something funny — but not funny/ha-ha. In Impromptus today, I talk about Hugo Chávez and his praise for Carlos the Jackal, Robert Mugabe, Idi Amin, and other lovely creatures. I link to an article from the Associated Press (here). But what I ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Idi Amin,  John McCain

Criticism that will cost you, &c. -- By: Jay Nordlinger

We know that the Obama administration is not too keen to emphasize human rights that is so yesterday, so George W. Bush. But what did Obama get for his “good behavior” in China? Did the PRC give him anything on currency, on the environment, on ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, National Review Online,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  Vladimir Bukovsky,  Dalai Lama,  Fidel Castro

Bleeped and Not-Bleeped -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Somehow, “balls to the wall” and “balls out,” which aren’t obscene, are now considered to be so. “Balls to the wall” comes from WW2 bomber pilots and their throttle levers; “balls out” has to do with governors on steam engines. Anyway, whenever someone ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: ESPN,  U.S. Democratic Party

A 'Teabagger' Summa -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Once upon a time, I wrote a heck of a lot about Jimmy Carter, and how outrageous he was as an ex-president: ghostwriting speeches for Yasser Arafat and so on. (Yes, he did.) I was something of a Carterologist. But then I got somehow . . . tired, and ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Yasser Arafat

Fight! -- By: Jay Nordlinger

In an Off the Page spot, Will Cain and I discuss the term “teabagger”: what to do about it. In other words, should conservatives fight this term, adopt it and wear it proudly, sort of ignore it, or what? I don’t claim that my mailbag is a scientific ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  21 Nov 2009

. . . and an All-You-Can-Eat Salad Bar -- By: Jay Nordlinger

I was reading Mark Steyn, always one of the happiest things in life to do, and I thought of something when reading this line: “[Khalid Sheikh Mohammed had] been brought before a military commission, and last December indicated he was ready to plead ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  21 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mark Steyn,  Khalid Sheikh Mohammed

Philadelphia Story? -- By: Jay Nordlinger

Just a note to Philly NR folks — I will be on the local public radio, WHYY-FM, from 10 to 11 this morning. Opposite me will be a fellow from The Nation. Topics are Palin, Obama in China, health care, terror trials, Afghanistan, and so on. Sounds like ...

From JAY NORDLINGER, The Corner,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama

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