Oklahoma!
Today happens to be Oscar Hammerstein II's 125th birthday (he was born in New York City on July 12th 1895) and last week the US Supreme Court gave him a helluva present by chopping his song in half: We know we belong to the land And the land we belong to is grand! Except you've only got half as much land to feel grand about. When the wind comes sweepin' down the plain, the plain's a lot narrower to go sweepin' down. Thank you, Neil Gorsuch. But as the song and the license plate say: Oklahoma - OK! Oklahoma may be the post-Habsburg Austria of the Lower Forty-Eight, but "Oklahoma!" remains not merely an OK song, but a great song and also a great state song. Quite a few state songs are great songs but they're not great state songs: "Georgia ... |
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The Mark Steyn Weekend ShowSteyn's Sunday Poems: Summer Special
Welcome to the first of our weekend specials this summer. With our video poetry shoots stymied by Covid, Mark's put together an anthology of some favorite Mark Steyn Show poems of recent months, and matched them to some appropriate musical interludes. The poets span the last three hundred years, and include the famous, the once famous, and the eternally obscure. We hope this half-hour of words and music is a pleasant break from the civilizational assault all around. To listen, simply click above... The Mark Steyn ShowThe Soon to Be Canceled
More from Mark on the bonfire of our civilization, plus the Club of the Canceled, the jurisprudential wind comes sweeping down the plain, Blake goes black, Miss Egypt meets the Muscles from Brussels, and much more... Topical TakeThe Fake Hate-Crime Boogie
As the great woke wars of 2020 continue, an Oregon politician has found himself on the receiving end of a racist latter. Of course, he also found himself on the sending end of it in yet another faux hate crime. Laura's LinksSelf-Flagellating Sussexes
Meghan and Harry are warning of the Commonwealth's problematic past, Alan Dershowitz is MIA from his preferred nude beach, and J.K. Rowling sounds the alarm about hormone treatments for trans children (and, of course, is called a bigot). These and more stories in this week's Laura's Links. The Mark Steyn ShowA Serenade to Stupidity
Riotous commentary on the passing scene, plus Rise of the Woke Women, social-justice accountancy, express de-plinthing, the unmanned sports, the death of an empress, and "the most stupid song ever written"... Politics & Current AffairsBabes in a China Shop
Twenty years ago, Americans were told, "Get used to it: Manufacturing's not coming back. We can't make widgets for the price they can be made in China. So instead we're going to be 'the knowledge economy'..." Yet mysteriously China wound up with "the knowledge economy", too... Steyn on FoxJuneteenth Is Bustin' Out All Over
Mark and Tucker on Republicans piling on Columbus The War on Free SpeechThe Costs of Mann Delay
Michael E Mann, loser, liar, scofflaw and deadbeat Mann vs SteynFootball and Hockey
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Mark's Week in ReviewA Se'nnight of Steyn, July 6-12
In case you missed it, here's how the last seven days looked to Mark Shaidle at the Cinema1776
With Hamilton now facing the cancel mob, Kathy Shaidle takes a look at Broadway's previous foray into American history, 1776... A Clubman's NotesMorons in Space
The final installment of C M Kornbluth's mordant tale of future "progress" The Marching Morons A Clubman's NotesThe Race Is Not to the Swift
Part Three of Mark's serialization of The Marching Morons by C M Kornbluth, a tale of a dystopian future that seems to have arrived a lot sooner than the author predicted... A Clubman's NotesTake It and Stick It!
Part Two of The Marching Morons by C M Kornbluth, a terrifying glimpse of a society mired in mass stupidity... A Clubman's NotesMorons on the March
A timely tale for the Summer of 2020: Mark reads C W Kornbluth's story The Marching Morons, set in a world where everyone is incredibly stupid... Steyn's Song of the WeekThere's A Kind of Hush (All Over the World) with Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits
A live Song of the Week with the irrepressible Peter Noone and Herman's Hermits and a great pop song by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens: The Mark Steyn Weekend ShowThe Faint Half-Blush That Dies Along Her Throat
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