Probably by sheer chance, Clint Eastwood has managed to elevate the Republican National Convention to intellectual heights mostly unknown and generally avoided by political parties, by bringing Eugene Ionesco into the fray  with a genius mix of two of his most acclaimed theater of the absurd pla… Read full post »

 The Imam had fainted.  It wasn’t about a religious quarrel or the stymieing heat.  It had nothing to do with armed conflicts, student demonstrations, or the price of gas.  The imam hadn’t even fainted recently.  The famous swoon happened so long ago no one can re… Read full post »