Positively Trumpian in its vanity and overreach.
November 6, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Positively Trumpian in its vanity and overreach.
I’d be very surprised if he gets onto the ballot paper.
September 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’d be very surprised if he gets onto the ballot paper.
They are so holier-than-thou that they make exquisite targets for muckrakers.
September 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They are so holier-than-thou that they make exquisite targets for muckrakers.
It’s because Obama got one.
August 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
It’s because Obama got one.
Maybe an oenophile or wine merchant would use that construction, being used to saying that a wine “is drinking well now”.
July 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Maybe an oenophile or wine merchant would use that construction, being used to saying that a wine “is drinking well now”.
Godwin’s Law has made its entrance.
July 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Godwin’s Law has made its entrance.
That involves a completely subjective assessment of what is immoral/unjust. That is the way to chaos. There are many many laws that I think are crazy or unjust, but I believe that I have an obligation to obey them.
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
That involves a completely subjective assessment of what is immoral/unjust. That is the way to chaos. There are many many laws that I think are crazy or unjust, but I believe that I have an obligation to obey them.
Laws may be wrong, we may quite reasonably object to them, but part of the bargain we make for having a democratic society is that laws should be respected.
July 23, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Laws may be wrong, we may quite reasonably object to them, but part of the bargain we make for having a democratic society is that laws should be respected.
Giving refuge to 100,000 Ukrainian (mainly) women and children must count for something. It’s extremely high relative to our population.
July 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Giving refuge to 100,000 Ukrainian (mainly) women and children must count for something. It’s extremely high relative to our population.
There are weeds growing unchecked all over areas for which Dublin’s local government is responsible. Good for the environment? Maybe, but I wonder what all the staff who used to control weeds are doing now?
July 23, 2025 at 8:15 AM
There are weeds growing unchecked all over areas for which Dublin’s local government is responsible. Good for the environment? Maybe, but I wonder what all the staff who used to control weeds are doing now?
Same here. Although I suspect it’s partly an age thing, in that one becomes super-discriminating about how one uses one’s rapidly diminishing life span. A good daily arts programme would be nice, though.
July 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Same here. Although I suspect it’s partly an age thing, in that one becomes super-discriminating about how one uses one’s rapidly diminishing life span. A good daily arts programme would be nice, though.
The sincerest form of flattery.
July 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The sincerest form of flattery.
Votes for 16-year-olds is misguided. The only arguments in its favour can equally be made for allowing 12-year-olds to vote.
July 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Votes for 16-year-olds is misguided. The only arguments in its favour can equally be made for allowing 12-year-olds to vote.
Just in time for the misery memoir genre to make a comeback, no doubt.
July 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Just in time for the misery memoir genre to make a comeback, no doubt.
And of course one sees this in real life too.
July 6, 2025 at 5:49 PM
And of course one sees this in real life too.
The soft bigotry of low expectations?
July 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The soft bigotry of low expectations?
And Jenny/Jennie invariably used to be short for Jennifer. Then there’s Jack (not being John); Charlie (not being Charles) ; Mollie (not being Mary) et cetera. Inverted snobbery?
July 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
And Jenny/Jennie invariably used to be short for Jennifer. Then there’s Jack (not being John); Charlie (not being Charles) ; Mollie (not being Mary) et cetera. Inverted snobbery?
But in a country where military service is compulsory, calling for all of a country’s armed forces to be killed is pretty adjacent to calling for all that country’s citizens to be killed.
July 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
But in a country where military service is compulsory, calling for all of a country’s armed forces to be killed is pretty adjacent to calling for all that country’s citizens to be killed.
Fuchs / Fuchsia
July 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Fuchs / Fuchsia
Seems appropriate, given his bloodline.
June 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Seems appropriate, given his bloodline.
That brings back memories: on television, her (4th) husband Johnnie tended to appear in a subservient role, looking a bit intimidated by her imperious manner. “As she grew older, she applied more and more make-up and wore vast chiffon ballgowns on screen.”
June 19, 2025 at 1:12 PM
That brings back memories: on television, her (4th) husband Johnnie tended to appear in a subservient role, looking a bit intimidated by her imperious manner. “As she grew older, she applied more and more make-up and wore vast chiffon ballgowns on screen.”