[NOTE: I hate writing so much about Trump. Positively hate it. But the more I read about him, the more disturbed I become, and I feel like if no one else is telling a particular story, I need to do … Continue reading →
Now, I wouldn’t think this was the way to ingratiate yourself with Iowan evangelicals—or most people, actually. But maybe I’m just behind the times. I hadn’t heard about this until now [hat tip: commenter “Jim“], or I probably would have … Continue reading →
It’s not really new; the virus and the disease it causes, Zika fever, was identified back in the 1950s in Africa. But it has been spreading for a while, and recently made the leap to the Western Hemisphere and is … Continue reading →
…is the wrong question to be asking, I think. But Ashe Schow was asking it (or at least, whoever wrote the headline was asking it), shortly before the news that Trump had decided to go through with his threat to … Continue reading →
Trump says he will not participate in the Fox debate on Thursday, because Fox issued a statement he didn’t like in response to his demand that they remove Megyn Kelly as one of the questioners: Trump has made such threats … Continue reading →
Those who say that everyone else is just following Trump when they talk about a wall and a secure border, should take a look at this from 2011. And notice, also what he said about amnesty. Oh, I know it … Continue reading →
It’s the education, stupid. A while back I wrote a post that mentions a book by E. D. Hirsch entitled Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know: Written in 1987 (the same year as Allan Bloom’s book The Closing … Continue reading →
The intrepid Cornhead files another of his campaign dispatches, this one on Carly Fiorina, with an aside about Donald Trump. He makes one particularly interesting observation, which is that he heard a report that 30% of Iowa voters are still … Continue reading →
…An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress… O sages standing in God’s holy fire As in … Continue reading →
It just gets worse. I used to think there was zero chance of Hillary being indicted. Now I think there’s a 10% chance.
Continue reading →Yeah, yeah; Trump Trump Trump Trump Trump. But I found this the other day, and I need to highlight it and try to give it as much exposure as possible. If you agree, please spread it around, and if you … Continue reading →
Good insight here by David Harsanyi: American politics has become a giant appeal to the base emotions of envy and/or anger””depending on what party you happen to be in. That’s not to say that every member of the respective parties … Continue reading →