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Trump and Obama: a deeper resemblance
On the surface—in personality and speech characteristics—Donald Trump is nothing like Barack Obama. In fact, you might say he’s the un-Obama. Obama’s most salient characteristics (at least, as his supporters and the press see him) include being smooth, intellectual, and … Continue reading →
The Juanita Broaddrick rape accusation
The topic of Juanita Broaddrick’s rape accusation against Bill Clinton has come up again this campaign season, a result of Donald Trump bringing it up in an interview with Sean Hannity. Although anyone who reads this blog regularly knows I … Continue reading →
EgyptAir Flight 804: the four scenarios
I’d say that this just about covers it: There are broadly four areas investigators will consider as they probe the disappearance of EgyptAir Flight 804 over the Mediterranean shortly before it began its descent to Cairo: Did it crash or … Continue reading →
Giraffes are more amazing than you knew
They’re certainly more amazing than I knew, anyway, and I already knew they were pretty amazing merely by looking at them. It’s the neck, of course—that impossibly long, impossibly stretched-out, Dr. Suess-like neck. I recently saw surprising footage of giraffes … Continue reading →
Campaign funding hypocrisy: Obama and Trump
I clearly remember when I first became truly alarmed during Obama’s 2008 campaign. Originally I didn’t know much about Obama, and slowly but surely began to notice warning signs that he might be worse than the garden-variety liberal Democratic candidate … Continue reading →
EgyptAir flight disappears over Mediterranean; probable crash [UPDATED]
Very disturbing news: A search is under way for an EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo which has disappeared with 56 passengers and 10 crew on board – including one British national. The fate of the plane is not yet … Continue reading →
Degas and the dancers
[Hat tip: Open Blogger at Ace’s.] When I was a child I used to greatly admire Degas’ dancer paintings. My family had a reproduction of one of them, and I used to study it and marvel at how well it … Continue reading →
Reflections on the primaries and the 2016 election
Hey—haven’t I reflected on the primaries enough? Perhaps. But I’m going to reflect a bit more. After all, since Indiana, I’ve barely talked about them at all, and they’re still going on. In Oregon yesterday, the only man left standing … Continue reading →
More evidence that the social contract has broken down
This. I’m a dog lover. But in a situation like the one described, every stray dog needs to be put down. And even that won’t solve the problem. But it would help.
Continue reading →Is Trump expanding the GOP?
The answer, according to this piece at Politico, is only a little bit, and nowhere near the amount Trump brags about or the numbers that would matter. I’ve been pointing out something similar for months. However, much as I find … Continue reading →
Thomas Sowell on the grim prospects that face us
[Hat tip: commenter “Alan F.”] Thomas Sowell is probably the conservative writer I respect the most. I discovered him during my political change process, and his clarity of thought and economy of expression helped to give me a philosophical framework … Continue reading →