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 →
So, Prince George wore this white robe for his audience with President Obama: Cute kid, cute photo. The robe—like almost everything else in Prince George’s much-photographed wardrobe (or that of his fashionable mother, for that matter)—sold out in minutes. Talk … Continue reading →
From one of Van Gogh’s letters to his beloved brother Theo: What am I in the eyes of most people – a nonentity, an eccentric or an unpleasant person – somebody who has no position in society and never will … Continue reading →
…why is Kasich still running? The question isn’t all that interesting or mysterious to me, because I figure it’s ego, and/or he aims to help or hurt Trump or Cruz (take your pick), and/or he somehow sees this as leading … Continue reading →
Peggy Noonan writes: Have you had your 2016 Moment? I think you probably have, or will. The Moment is that sliver of time in which you fully realize something epochal is happening in politics, that there has never been a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited repeat of a previous post.] This evening is the beginning of the Jewish holiday Passover. In recent years whenever I’ve attended a Seder, I’ve been impressed by the fact that Passover is a religious … Continue reading →
This is depressing news: Suicide in the United States has surged to the highest levels in nearly 30 years, a federal data analysis has found, with increases in every age group except older adults. The rise was particularly steep for … Continue reading →
I can’t say I know much about Prince’s music except that he was mega-famous and a tremendous number of people loved his work. I know the song “Purple Rain” and very little else. However, the reports about his cause of … Continue reading →
From a commenter at Ace’s, saying he preferred Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump for the following reason: I prefer a wolf to a wolf in sheep’s clothing. I’m not sure which I’d prefer—wolves are wolves, after all—but I understand the … Continue reading →