David French suggests that rejecting federal funding is the remedy if states wish to reclaim their right to be free of executive actions such as the Obama administration’s directive on school bathrooms [emphasis mine]: Without an act of Congress, without … Continue reading →
Here’s an article on a topic that interests me greatly, having been a sufferer from chronic pain of a moderate to severe nature for many years, particularly from 1990 to around 2004. So you can bet I have a lot … Continue reading →
This story is so bizarre I don’t know what to make of it—both the original story and the current Trump denial after supposed earlier admissions. I’m not even going to try to wade through it at the moment, but there … Continue reading →
And so he—that is, his Departments of Justice and Education—have issued this letter of “guidance.” I sometimes wonder whether Obama is trying to sabotage Hillary Clinton’s chances of getting elected. Because I think that this “decree” is the sort of … Continue reading →
The Bronté« family were all geniuses, probably including brother Branwell who dissipated himself with coke and booze. Why genius ran so rampant in the family has been the subject of countless books, one of which I’m currently reading: Charlotte Bronté«: … Continue reading →
It would take a very special person to accept the VP position under Donald Trump. First of all, the person has to be able to stomach Donald Trump. Secondly, the person should be capable of lending at least the appearance … Continue reading →
Everyone’s conferring with Trump. Paul Ryan, for example. Makes sense. They want to see what he’ll promise, what they’re willing to give, whether it’s a good idea to support him, and probably much more. But I wonder if they understand … Continue reading →
Commenter “J.J.” wonders: How do you account for this? Hillary is on record as being for closing down the coal industry. Trump is on record as saying he will put the miners back to work. Polls today in West Virginia … Continue reading →
Famous Russian dissident Vladimir Bukovsky is in big trouble. It isn’t the first time. But what’s going on now is very disturbing, both in human terms and for what it says about the current Russian government (much of which we … Continue reading →
It’s long puzzled me why it is that so many conservatives seem to think that conservatism’s superiority to liberalism ought to be obvious, and that people would gravitate towards conservatism once they understood what it was and the logic behind … Continue reading →
I do believe that Chopin just might be my favorite composer. I fixed on him when I was still a very young child, because he was the most-played composer to accompany my ballet classes. I didn’t even know his name … Continue reading →
There’s a lot of talk lately about how everyone was predicting Trump would go nowhere—except, of course, his fervent supporters, who believed almost from the start that he could win the nomination. Looking back, my recollection was that at the … Continue reading →