The GOP still might find a way to lose it all. But it was always the case that the Democratic dreams of taking over the Senate in 2018 faced a possibly harsh reality, considering which seats were up for grabs. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →I’m with Iowahawk, who said on Twitter (April 30), referring to some of Obama’s foreign policy aides such as Ben Rhodes, “I have a hard time believing a foreign policy brain trust made up of America’s top failed novelists and … Continue reading →
Basically, it was part of the anti-vaccine hysteria. Where I live, Lyme disease is a very real possibility if you go outside in the countryside or even suburbia. People have to dress with great care to avoid it, and I … Continue reading →
I was listening to MSNBC for about 15 minutes last night, shortly after Trump announced that he was ending our participation in the Iran deal. The show featured a bunch of talking heads telling us in very dire tones that … Continue reading →
Thank goodness the voters in the GOP primary in West Virginia saw fit to eliminate Blankenship from the running in the Senate race to challenge Joe Manchin. Blankenship was virtually certain to lose if by some chance he was nominated. … Continue reading →
Maybe someday: In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) announced an attempted redefinition of the word “planet” that excluded many objects, including Pluto. We think that decision was flawed, and that a logical and useful definition of planet will include … Continue reading →
It’s come to this: [Ned Lebow] says he was joking when he asked to be let off an elevator at the ladies’ lingerie department. A female scholar who was attending the same annual meeting of the International Studies Association was … Continue reading →
Commenter and forecaster extraordinaire “Cornhead” (aka attorney David Begley) writes about a question-and-answer session with Warren Buffett that he attended: In response to another question Buffett said that while he spent his own money backing Hillary Clinton, it would have … Continue reading →
Another one bites the dust, amidst accusations by former lovers: New York Attorney General Schneiderman follows the trail of infamy taken by once-esteemed New York politicians Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner when his resignation takes effect today amid accusations of … Continue reading →
Robert Mueller is facing more than the scorn of Judge Ellis. There’s another trial in which Mueller’s team recently came up short. Here’s how it all began. Remember?: In February, to huzzahs of delight from the media, the Democrats, and … Continue reading →
The true costs are mostly hidden: Let’s start with how much Canadians actually pay. The OECD arrives at its figures by the hopelessly simplistic method of dividing a nation’s total health care expenditure by its population. Thus, Canadians pay about … Continue reading →