[UPDATES below] I’m starting a new thread, because the old one was more of a post about other things. Results are not in yet, but some frightening and ominous features have been reported (these are tweets): Recap: 1. 11 names … Continue reading →
This sort of thing is one of many, many reasons not to support Trump, if you care at all about liberty vs. tyranny: [Yesterday Trump threatened] the Ricketts family, the owners of the Chicago Cubs, over their support for Our … Continue reading →
This was a creatively diabolical thing to do: Amazingly, the victim still seems to be alive, all these years later, although her health has declined according to parole hearing testimony. Heart of darkness. There is no question that the Janice … Continue reading →
This article at the conservative website ricochet suggests a novel approach to the RNC’s Trump problem: disown him. Exactly how that could be done is unclear, but the reasoning is that the party can’t support a candidate who holds so … Continue reading →
Another day, another primary. This primary season has felt like a runaway train to me, hurtling down the tracks with no brakes on. Another thing that’s become clear this year is that the members of the GOP “establishment” are not … Continue reading →
Weimar comparisons abound. You may need a good stiff drink when you’re done. When I think about Weimar compared to today, one of the biggest parallels I can find is the degradation of popular culture and also of what used … Continue reading →
I’ve noticed that all of a sudden post-SC primary there are a ton of “Trump is inevitable” posts and articles. There are also a few “no, he’s not!” pieces, too, but the former predominate. The whole thing is odd, but … Continue reading →
A kind reader alerted me to the fact that National Review has come out with a lengthy piece titled “The Playboy Bully of the Western World”* about Trump the elitist and the shenanigans he engaged in around the construction of … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP] In case you’d forgotten. This post is an open thread for discussing it. And here’s an article analyzing what’s at stake, how the candidates stack up, and what they’re hoping for. Polls close at 7 Eastern time. That’s … Continue reading →
Yes, yes, I’m well aware that Huxley died in 1963, over fifty years ago. In death, he had the strange fate of being eclipsed by JFK, who was assassinated on the very same day (C.S. Lewis died that day too, … Continue reading →
A June 23 date has been set for a British referendum on its EU membership: Cameron said he was making good on a 2013 commitment to give British voters a chance to decide whether to remain in the bloc, which … Continue reading →
Whatever happened to all those concerns about the age of candidates? Remember back in 2008, when Democrats were hootin’ and hollerin’ about how old John McCain was? I remember writing this post arguing that if elected he was almost certain … Continue reading →