The latest Trump story is based on Trump’s accusations towards the Cruz camp re Iowa. It’s a leaf out of the usual Trump playbook, and I have to confess I felt weary at the prospect of describing it here and … Continue reading →
…and don’t bother us anymore with this nonsense. Well, that’s not a direct quote. But here: The GOP senator has had his presidential bid challenged in recent months by Iowa GOP runner-up Donald Trump, who claimed Cruz’s Canadian birthplace disqualifies … Continue reading →
This: Aetna’s chairman and CEO said Monday that the country’s third-largest health insurer had “serious concerns” about the sustainability of ObamaCare’s marketplaces. “We continue to have serious concerns about the sustainability of the public exchanges,” Mark Bertolini said on an … Continue reading →
I had some of this ravioli for dinner last night, and some again for breakfast this morning: I got it at the supermarket, and it’s by far the best grocery-store ravioli I’ve ever had, tasting like something you’d get it … Continue reading →
(1) Late last night I heard some pundit on TV saying that Trump voters must have changed their minds after speaking to pollsters, and that Trump needed to find out why. I disagree. For one thing, state primary polls in … Continue reading →
Here’s a thread for tonight’s festivities. The results won’t be out till very late, I assume. I’m not going to pay attention till then. This explains how the caucuses work. It’s pretty interesting, especially the difference between how the Democrats … Continue reading →
Here’s a piece in the Weekly Standard featuring this post of mine. I hope it helps get the word out about what happened in Atlantic City and Aberdeen. The latter has hardly been covered in the American press, although there … Continue reading →
I’ve long been troubled by the primary system, which has a number of flaws. Of course, the “smoke-filled room” system that preceded it had a number of other flaws. If it were still in place, people would be railing against … Continue reading →
The details get worse and worse: Highly classified Hillary Clinton emails that the intelligence community and State Department recently deemed too damaging to national security to release contain “operational intelligence” ”“ and their presence on the unsecure, personal email system … Continue reading →
We have another report at Powerline from David Begley, the commenter known here as “Cornhead,” this time on his experience attending a Trump appearance on the day before the Iowa caucus.
Continue reading →As a large-scale real estate developer, Trump has sometimes sued in his efforts to use government to condemn houses belonging to people of modest means whose homes—which Trump considers insufficiently attractive—have stood near his big developments and have chosen to … Continue reading →
[BUMPED UP: Even though it’s Sunday and I don’t often blog on Sunday, I have some new posts below for today. I’m bumping this one from yesterday up, though, because I want people to read it if they haven’t already.] … Continue reading →