More from Andrew C. McCarthy: what’s in a name?
On “Spygate,” informants, sources, and scumbags.
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My Philip Roth anecdote
Author Philip Roth died last Tuesday. You can read hundreds of tributes to him and many criticisms of him, and I don’t have too much to add to that except to say that I liked his early works (including two … Continue reading →
Trolls: leftist fantasies of rightist bigotry
Trolls come in many shapes and sizes: concern trolls, flamers, and goalpost movers, just to mention a few. But there’s another kind of troll who comes to blogs on the right now and then, and we had a recent visit … Continue reading →
The DOJ’s defiance of Congress
Kimberly Strassel in the WSJ on the real constitutional crisis that’s going on: The Constitution set up Congress to act as a check on the executive branch””and it’s got more than enough cause to do some checking here. Yet the … Continue reading →
Jonathan Haidt on the extreme importance of opinion diversity to challenge motivated reasoning
Brilliant talk by Haidt: I’ve become more and more impressed with Haidt over time. Fearless, clear, supported by evidence, he keeps churning out these videos and giving these talks. He started as a liberal—I don’t know where he’s at politically … Continue reading →
Two different worlds: If you look at the MSM, you’d think Trump was doing very very poorly
And that has been true for his entire presidency. So take a look at a sampler for today at memeorandum. Nothing unusual about today; it’s very typical. Trump doing badly vis a vis North Korea. Trump “venting anger” at this … Continue reading →
Elections have consequences
It’s rather commonplace to see people on the right mention that the machinations of Comey, Clapper, McCabe, et. al. regarding the investigation of the Trump campaign would never have been revealed to the American people had Hillary Clinton been elected … Continue reading →
Trump calls Kim’s bluff and finesses him
At least, that’s the way I see this announcement: “Please let this letter serve to represent that the Singapore summit, for the good of both parties, but to the detriment of the world, will not take place,” Trump wrote in … Continue reading →
Well, now it has a name
Clapper has now admitted that there was Spying in my campaign. Large dollars were paid to the Spy, far beyond normal. Starting to look like one of the biggest political scandals in U.S. history. SPYGATE – a terrible thing! — … Continue reading →
House votes to roll back portions of Dodd-Frank
The bill passed with bipartisan support, 258-159. The beneficiaries will be smaller banks that claim to have been unduly hampered by the bill: The bill stops far short of unwinding the toughened regulatory regime put in place to prevent the … Continue reading →
Duke strikes another blow against freedom of thought
Safe spaces at Duke. Safe from thought, by way of purges: About 100 students and alumni have asked Duke University to reinstate a professor whose teaching style encourages students to think critically about their opinions and opposing views. They believe … Continue reading →
The focus today is on James Clapper
And it’s not pretty: “Clapper is, indeed, a leaker and a liar. He is also a consummate slimy operative.” In case you don’t know who James Clapper is, he’s the former director of intelligence under President Obama. See this from … Continue reading →