Below is a sample of what I like about Mark Steyn's writing. I count about seven pop-culture references that would be incomprehensible to someone from a hundred years ago, or to readers a hundred years in the future. There's more at his website http://www.marksteyn.com/ , which is about music as well as politics.
Another recent example is his inspired spelling "holy rollah" to refer to everyone's favorite fire-breathing mullah, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini (whose Wikipedia photo makes him look like a dead-ringer for today's Sean Connery. Does Sir Sean have a biopic in his future?). -- Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) ==QUOTE== This is an amazing race. The incumbent president has approval ratings somewhere between Robert Mugabe and the ebola virus. The economy is supposedly on the brink of global Armageddon. McCain has only $80 million to spend, while Obama's burning through $600 mil as fast as he can, and he doesn't really need to spend a dime given the wall-to-wall media adoration. And tonight Chris Matthews' doctors announced that his leg tingle has metastasized leaving his entire body like a vibrating cellphone whose ringtone is locked on "I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love, I'm In Love With A Wonderful Guy." And yet an old cranky broke loser is within two or three points of the King of the World. Strange. == UNQUOTE== --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Persons posting messages to not_honyaku assume all responsibility for their messages. The list owner does not review messages, and accepts no responsibility for the content of messages posted. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
