The hype on Ted Cruz is that nobody likes him, everybody hates him, he has no friends. The hype on Republicans is that they’re racist bigots. Here’s a story that could kill (or at least slightly injure) those two birds … Continue reading →
I concur with this prediction: There will be no liberation of Mosul in 2016. The Islamic State will outlive the U.S. administration whose lapses in Syria and Iraq helped to create it. It will be the ugliest piece of Barack … Continue reading →
The state of Indiana has a primary on May 3, and most analysts feel it will be pivotal in terms of the GOP nomination (and Ted Cruz knows it). But all that speculation about which way the state will go … Continue reading →
And dinner too. For real. [NOTE: If you don’t get the reference in the title of this post, see this, although I most definitely do not recommend the book, unless you want to wade through some incoherent but highly-praised depravity.]
Continue reading →I’ve written about the 1969 ballet “Dances At a Gathering” several times, and mentioned that I find today’s dancers, for all their fabulous technique, lacking the musicality and artistry of the past. A part of the ballet features certain lifts/throws … Continue reading →
Here’s an interesting article at RedState that crunches the delegate numbers and finds that it still won’t be easy for Trump to win the GOP nomination on the first convention ballot. I’m not at all sure about any of these … Continue reading →
…can he make it everywhere? In other words, what is the significance of Donald Trump’s yuuge win in his home state? He was expected to win, and win big. That was already factored into projections about his final vote total … Continue reading →
[UPDATE below] You wanna make something of it? I’m not expecting a fun result. The real question is how big Trump’s margin will be, and how the various districts will go. Here’s an open thread to discuss it all. UPDATE … Continue reading →
In comment after comment around the blogosphere, I’ve noticed quite a few Rush Limbaugh’s fans saying that they’re incredibly disappointed in him for his coverage of the 2016 primary, and have abandoned him and his show. Some of them were … Continue reading →
I have to say this is not a question I’ve thought about in recent decades: do you need a tetanus booster every 10 years or will every 30 suffice? Evidence now indicates that 30-year intervals might do nicely, but I … Continue reading →
…is Jewish: The Jewish speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, Volodymyr Groysman, has been elected prime minister after a months-long political crisis. The parliament on Thursday voted 250-57 for Groysman, who was nominated by President Petro Poroshenko. The outgoing prime minister, … Continue reading →
Bias, anyone? I uniformly hate these “fictionalized looks” at history.
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