At least, in this Rasmussen poll. What’s more, he seems to be gaining in certain key states. However, he has quite an electoral mountain to climb before he can said to have a good chance of winning. Ever since midsummer, … Continue reading →
…is dying.
Continue reading →One person killed during riots. Powerline offers this bio of the black police officer who shot Lamont, the act that has sparked the protests.
Continue reading →It’s come to this: Can women in power truly command respect if they are wearing high heels? Not according to a group of trade union leaders in the U.K., who are calling upon British Prime Minister Theresa May to ditch … Continue reading →
…that even though I absolutely hate, hate, hate this election, it is probably the most interesting one in my lifetime. And next week’s debate holds the promise (threat?) of being particularly “interesting,” too.
Continue reading →A recent YouTube distraction of mine has been to watch videos about situations in which airplane passengers in small private planes were faced with the frightening necessity of landing the aircraft when the pilot of the planes suddenly died. Pretty … Continue reading →
I have a post up at Legal Insurrection that is a comprehensive look at what we know about the Terence Crutcher case so far (or at least, what we knew last night, when I did the bulk of the research … Continue reading →
[Scroll down for more updates.] More information on the Crutcher case is coming out, and the situation may be even worse than what I had discussed earlier today. The claim now is that Crutcher wasn’t even reaching into his car … Continue reading →
…is this the end of Brangelina? Is anyone surprised? [NOTE: Actually, you may have noticed I haven’t written anything about Donald Trump today. Every now and then I need to take a Trump vacation.]
Continue reading →This incident looks like the real thing: a trigger-happy cop panicking and killing an innocent black man, Terence Crutcher. We don’t know enough about it to make a final judgment, but so far the fact situation looks bad. The exchange … Continue reading →
It’s such a familiar story. After acts of terrorism (or even non-terrorist mass shootings) we hear one of two refrains: he (or she, but it’s almost always a “he”) was a quiet and regular guy and no one saw it … Continue reading →
Life imitates art. I encountered “A Rose for Emily” somewhere in school; don’t remember exactly when, but it was early. The stuff of nightmares..
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