Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara finally took the oath of office last Saturday, 21 May 2011, having been elected last November. The outgoing president Laurent Gbagbo had refused to leave office, despite the fact that his defeat had been recognized by the international community, the UN, and the African Union. His refusal to leave office [...]
Not often, but on a regular basis (at least once or twice a year), I’ll hear someone refer to the act of nodding one’s head (by which I mean “moving one’s head up and down to indicate yes“) as “shaking” one’s head (by which I mean “moving one’s head side-to-side to indicate no“). For example, [...]
In the Weekly Standard, David Mamet explains his conversion from the Liberal tribe to the Conservative tribe: “But I saw the liberals hated George Bush. It was vicious. And I thought about it, and I didn’t get it. He was no worse than the others, was he? And I’d ask my liberal friends, ‘Well, why [...]
Readers, I just came home from the grocery store, and my receipt says (if I’m reading it correctly) that the cashier gave me a “senior citizen” discount. That saved me $3.67, which is OK, but the thing is, I’m only 40 years old. Time to think about “Just For Men?”
