…but since everyone’s chattering about John Boehner’s description of Ted Cruz vs. Donald Trump, I thought I’d opine. First, the quotes: When it comes to Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, even a few months’ time out of Congress has done little … Continue reading →
Here’s the article. McCarthy also points out tremendous inconsistencies in Trump’s present and past positions, inconsistencies Trump doesn’t even attempt to explain away. Trump must think the American public illogical and shallow, and he just might have a point there. … Continue reading →
Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert has received a fifteen-month prison sentence for the bank withdrawal charges involving the payment of hush money to one of his sexual abuse victims (which I had discussed previously here). They can’t get him on … Continue reading →
UPDATE 6:20: It’s official: Here’s the earlier post: All signs indicate that the upcoming announcement from Ted Cruz will be that he’s chosen Carly Fiorina as his running mate. Perhaps it will help him. Perhaps not. I’ve always liked Fiorina. … Continue reading →
This is an instructive article about people who self-describe as “evangelicals”: Thanks to data compiled by the Association of Religious Data Archives, we have a very good sense of how many people in a given locale regularly attend church. By … Continue reading →
Millenials aren’t keen on capitalism: The Harvard University survey, which polled young adults between ages 18 and 29, found that 51 percent of respondents do not support capitalism. Just 42 percent said they support it. …Just 33 percent said they … Continue reading →
[UPDATE below.] I have my usual feeling of dread about it. This will almost certainly be a very big day for Trump because of the states involved: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island—that is, Southern New England and some … Continue reading →
Let’s go to something timeless: classical music. Although “timing” has a lot to do with it. To wit, pianist Glenn Gould and the Goldberg Variations by Johann Sebastian Bach. For a while during the mid-80s Gould was a fascination of … Continue reading →
Commenter “K-E” wrote this today: I know many of you on here cannot stand Trump, but I’ve felt that way about Dole, McCain, and Romney, yet I was willing to let go of my dislike and get behind these guys … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “expat.”] David Harsanyi makes some points I’ve also been harping on for years now, about the actual record of the GOP recently versus the perception of the terrible awfulness of its record. Here’s an excerpt from Harsanyi, … Continue reading →
Political parties are organizations designed to get together as a group to further a certain point of view. They are not democracies, nor are they even republics. They are not governmental agencies or branches of government at all. They nominate … Continue reading →
Joel Hirst offers a description of what happened to Venezuela: I have watched the suicide of a nation; and I know now how it happens. Venezuela is slowly, and very publically, dying; an act that has spanned more than fifteen … Continue reading →