Who would have thought? According to the union, which represents the Metropolitan Police Department’s 3,000 personnel, carjackings are down 83% since federal control was enacted, while robberies dropped 46%. Violent crime fell 22% in the seven days since federal law … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Barry Meislin.”] I’m in complete agreement with this: … [Israel] is caught in an equation deliberately made insoluble. On October 7th, by massacring civilians and abducting hundreds of hostages, Hamas triggered a war with no bearable outcome. … Continue reading →
… and I wonder why. It had been stable for years and years, but has dropped off about twenty or twenty-five percent. Maybe people on the right are taking a breather, now that Trump has been elected. Maybe it’s just … Continue reading →
A new announcement from Trump: In a lengthy post on Truth Social, Trump announced, “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, and also, while we’re at it, Highly ‘Inaccurate,’ Very Expensive, and Seriously Controversial … Continue reading →
The MSM says “Trump got played!” in his meeting with Putin. But that’s meaningless, because it’s their kneejerk reaction. Secretary of State Rubio called some of the recent coverage a “stupid media narrative”: Secretary of State Marco Rubio didn’t hold … Continue reading →
I recently had the experience of spending a great deal of time visiting a hospital and a rehab hospital due to the illness of my ex-husband and the fact that I was the only person geographically on the scene. I … Continue reading →
I subscribed to The New Yorker from around 1975 to 2005. I loved the magazine for most of those years and if I recall correctly it was the only magazine to which I subscribed. Many weeks I read it cover … Continue reading →
Their words after the meeting were cautiously optimistic and purposely vague. We don’t know if any real progress was made although they seemed to be saying there was: “productive” according to Trump; “a starting point” according to Putin. I certainly … Continue reading →
The Democrats’ message that violent crime isn’t bad in Washington DC is a prime example of what Milan Kundera called “imagology.” I’ve written about imagology before; it’s one of the earliest themes on this blog, with my first post on … Continue reading →