“Cornhead” endorses Trump
You can read what he has to say at his blog. Those of you who read the comments here already know much about Cornhead’s thinking on the 2016 race. But he lays it all out in that post, which begins: … Continue reading →
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Those who are ignorant of history…
…are condemned to repeat it.
Continue reading →Those friends who disappear
Today I read this WaPo article by a woman whose best friend stopped communicating with her with no explanation, and how ten years later the author still grieves the loss of their friendship and is mystified by it. I could … Continue reading →
Amazing air battle
I had not remembered this story from 1994, although it’s extraordinarily memorable. I came across it on YouTube the other day and was surprised that it’s not better known. Watch. It’s unbelievable, and yet it happened: “Fight For Your Life,” … Continue reading →
Roundup
There’s so much news today (much of it depressing, alas) that I’m just going to do something I don’t usually do, a roundup: Romney on Trump and the future of the GOP. Clinton operatives crow about how they scared off … Continue reading →
Eramo of UVA tells her story
In connection with her lawsuit against Rolling Stone for damages done to her as a result of their false UVA fraternity rape story, Nicole Eramo has given an interview: Eramo told ABC News that she could not discuss her interactions … Continue reading →
The October surprise is no surprise
An October surprise timed to maximally hurt the Republican candidate is no surprise at all. It is so predictable that the term “October surprise” has become commonplace. In is no news, either, that the MSM tries to elect the Democrat. … Continue reading →
Post Office pets
I was at the post office today and bought a set of stamps. The choices I was offered consisted of the basic one, and then a set of trucks versus a set of pets. Pressed for time, with a line … Continue reading →
More fall photos
More photos from Fall 2016 in New England, taken by me with nothing more fancy than my cell phone camera. This one could be any season (except winter), although the leaves on the ground are a giveaway, I guess: It … Continue reading →
And is the House in play?
The answer is “maybe, but probably not.” Very worrisome, though—except to the Burn It Down crowd, and of course the Democrats.
Continue reading →Another great Frost quote
This one: ”We go to college,” [Frost] wrote, ”to be given one more chance to learn to read in case we haven’t learned in high school.” He dropped out of both Harvard and Dartmouth, and married his high-school sweetheart with … Continue reading →
Today’s meme: “Any GOP candidate would have been slimed by the MSM and the Democrats”
You see it on this blog among some commenters, and you see it from highly esteemed conservative bloggers such as John Hinderaker at Powerline: the argument that the current attacks on Trump are much like attacks on previous GOP candidates … Continue reading →