PERSPECTIVE:

PAST PERFORMANCE IS MORE OR LESS A PERFECT INDICATOR OF FUTURE RESULTS:

BEN STEIN ON TELEVISION AS AN ENGINE OF CULTURAL DEMORALIZATION:

OH TO BE IN ENGLAND:

Flashback: Outraged by grooming gangs? You’re an extremist.

NEW RULES, SWANK CONTINENTAL EDITION:

Tweet continues, “The implied argument is that their obligations within our alliance depend on whether they like the guy we chose as our president. ‘Sure, we’re allies…if we approve of who you elected.’ Nope. We are not going to forget, and we’re not going to forgive. I’m indifferent to their excuses or their rationalizations. The United States of America needed their help and not very much help. They turned us down. That changes everything. And they aren’t going to like how it changes everything.”

(Classical reference in headline.)

CHRISTIAN TOTO: Colbert Sharing All the Far-Left Propaganda He Can.

The far-Left comic had the great Meryl Streep on his couch, but their interview time had nearly run out. So Colbert teed Streep up to share anything that was still on her mind, from the world of entertainment to beyond Hollywood’s gates.

If you know something about late-night TV, these kinds of unscripted moments are nothing of the kind. Pre-interviews establish the basics behind the upcoming chat, from personal anecdotes to promoting the project du jour.

Why, it’s almost as if Colbert’s open-ended question was pre-planned. The soon-to-be ex-host couldn’t bother to pretend otherwise.

Depend upon it, sir. When a man knows he is to be cancelled in three fortnights, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.

“A COMPETENT LEADER USES GENERALS LIKE A BASKETBALL COACH USES PLAYERS. Bench them, swap them out, shift them to different positions based on how they stack up against the opposing team:”

WHY ARE YOU HERE?: That’s likely the first question the thief on the cross was asked when he arrived at Heaven’s Gate. Pastor Alistair Begg masterfully answers the serious question in a wonderfully humorous manner.

PEOPLE DIDN’T VOTE FOR THESE CHANGES: