Can it be Christmas without Santa Claus? What if Santa Claus is actually one of the attackers in the “war on Christmas”? There are several ways in which I can be reasonably described as conservative, and I’ll be the first to tell you that “that’s the way we’ve always done it” is no reason all … Read more
So argues Jonah Goldberg in an excellent column today. I’m as tacky as they come in plenty of situations, but it’s very much a time and place thing. I can remember watching an IndyCar race with the boys when they were 8 and 5 maybe, and a couple times an hour a commercial would air … Read more
One of my favorite small gustatory pleasures has been the fresh basil rolls at Surin of Thailand. They’re a cold appetizer of rice paper surrounding rice vermicelli, fresh Thai basil, lettuce, bean sprouts, and bits of shrimp and pork, served with a sweet-hot plum-peanut sauce. They’re a definite luxury at $4.50, but absolutely divine. These … Read more