Larry Thornberry

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Writer at The American Spectator

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Economists: Like the Augurs of Ancient Rome

2 weeks ago | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

Â Â Â Â If Trivial Pursuit had been designed by economistsÂ Â Â Â If would have had 100 questions and 3,000 answers. Â Â âRonald ReaganEconomics has richly earned its label as âthe dismal science,â that is unless itâs being practiced by Professor Thomas Sowell, my nominee for the smartest guy in the republic.
Tesla Protestors Are Left-Crazies, Not Liberals

1 month ago | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

As a card carrying conservative who understands the necessity of order and restraint in a free society, of course I deplore the current fad among left-crazies of keying, burning, or otherwise damaging Tesla cars and trucks. The same characters â always with time on their hands and money for travel and signs â show up for the demonstration du jour. This lunatic and criminal behavior, carried out by bands of feral toe-rags, should be quashed and the malefactors jugged for months or years.
The Sweet Science Loses Another Great Champion

1 month ago | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

Big George Foreman, a champion boxer and champion grill salesman (the man surely knew the uses of a cheeseburger), went to his reward Friday at 76. As I know God to be good, I’m sure that reward will be considerable. Foreman’s family announced his death, saying only that he died peacefully surrounded by loved ones. No cause of death was given. “I was just glad to be an American. Some people have tried to make something of it, calling me an Uncle Tom, but I’m not.”This is very sad news.
The Alvin Bragg Horror Show in Manhattan Continues

Dec 7, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

Blossom Dearie’s song, I’ll Take Manhattan, (Great rendition here by Ella Fitzgerald, needs to be brought up to date. With apologies to the late, great Blossom, today’s Manhattan is far from “an isle of joy,” especially if one has to ride the subway. Dante would have loved the NYC subway, giving it a circle of its own. Commissioned to re-write the song, my title would be You Take Manhattan. But Bragg still gets points among Democrats for trying.
Entrepreneurship Survives Vicious Milton

Oct 20, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

It all reminds me of July 1, 1987 when President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Robert Bork for an opening on the Supreme Court. He had it made in the shade, said my complacent conservative friends. The result was brutal. But we do not have to look back 32 years to see how unruly the leftwing mob can be. Recall the recent fate of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Only his courage and unscotchable determinate saved him. The simple fact is that the conservatives are often slow on the draw against the American left.
RIP Pete Rose — Few Played the Game Even Remotely Like Him - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Oct 3, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

Charlie Hustle went to that great clubhouse in the sky Monday. He died unattended in his La Vegas home. No cause of death was given, though it’s known he had cardiac procedures done. He was 83. Pete Rose’s life contained both triumph and tragedy. It was splendid on the baseball field between first pitch and the end of the game, but often a train wreck off of it.
Venice Is Still in Good Hands — With Detective Guido Brunetti and His Team - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Sep 22, 2024 | spectator.org | Donna Leon |Larry Thornberry

A Refiner’s Fire: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (The Commissario Guido Brunetti Mysteries, 33)By Donna Leon(Atlantic Monthly Press, 288 pages, $22.00)Donna Leon’s 33rd installment of her immensely popular Commissario (detective inspector) Guido Brunetti series shows that at 82 she still has a literary fastball. And that she knows how to keep series characters fresh and alive. The plot in Refiner’s is complex, suspenseful, well-paced, and believable.
Caitlin Clark’s First Misstep

Sep 13, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

I was saddened to learn that All-Universe women’s basketball star and national sweetheart Caitlin Clark has, sort of, endorsed Kamala Harris for president. She did so by “liking” an Instagram post by pop icon Taylor Swift, whose every action, statement, and unformed thought continues to be a national obsession, much to the bewilderment of this Mustache Pete.
RIP James Earl Jones: A Great American Voice, A Great American Life

Sep 10, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

It’s never a surprise, or at least shouldn’t be, when someone goes on at the age of 93. Father Time, after all, is undefeated. But this one really hurts. As actuarially sound as the event may have been, my wife and I were still jolted and more than a little saddened Monday night while preparing dinner to hear of the death of the great James Earl Jones, a giant of the stage and screen, and a giant soul. As lives go, Jones was at least in double OT.
The New Democrat Male — Barefoot and Pregnant - The American Spectator | USA News and PoliticsThe American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Sep 1, 2024 | spectator.org | Larry Thornberry

It’s increasingly difficult to understand why any straight white male could remain a Democrat. Happily, there are fewer of these as time goes by, most being nimble enough to recognize aggravated misandry when they see it. But the remnant doesn’t seem to understand that the donkeys blame straight white males for every bad thing that’s ever happened or is happening on Earth. History’s scofflaws.