Donald Trump made a big announcement today about his plan to force Mexico to pay for the wall. You can see several articles about it, plus links to all sorts of commentary on it, here. It’s a mouthful. But the … Continue reading →
Every now and then I’ve offered excerpts from the fascinating WWII-era memoirs of Victor Klemperer (see this for one of them, as well as an explanation of who Klemperer was). The following quotes are from his I Will Bear Witness: … Continue reading →
That’s unusual right there, isn’t it? Here’s the decision: The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote. Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held … Continue reading →
Trump doesn’t seem to quite understand the nomination process—unless, of course, he “misspoke” again. But I think that words—especially ad-libbed words like the following from Trump—can reveal what’s in/on a person’s mind better than scripted ones, and Trump has used … Continue reading →
There are tragedies so deep, suffering so vast, that it’s hard to know what to say in the face of them. Certainly it’s hard to know what to do, even for those who try to help. Such is the case … Continue reading →
I’m not sure what to call it, but I’ve written about it before at some length: I have trouble understanding cartoons that are completely visual, particularly those that are told in more than one square. Here’s an excerpt from that … Continue reading →
I’d like to think that this was some sort of joke, but it doesn’t appear to be: [Donald Trump] said Saturday morning that if he wins the presidency, all problems in the country will be fixed. “Wisconsin has suffered a … Continue reading →
ISIL (ISIS) is seeking nuclear material in order to use it against you-know-who: Isil terrorists are planning to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities in a horrific “dirty bomb” attack, [British Prime Minister] David Cameron has warned. … Continue reading →
A couple of weeks ago Rush Limbaugh opined on Democratic support for Trump: Now, what’s going on here? You think this is legit? Look at these three states: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois…Rust Belt states, traditionally Democrat states other than Ohio, which … Continue reading →
…I’ll rest on my laurels for the remainder of today, after my magnum opus below. The weather’s nice, it’s Friday, and politics will wait a while. Won’t it?
Continue reading →It’s been reported for a while now that Donald Trump doesn’t do very well in polls of women—even Republican women. At a rally this morning in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, he announced a startling move that represents an attempt to rectify … Continue reading →
It’s pretty obvious that the blogosphere and the media in general have been saturated with Trump discussion ever since last summer, when Trump entered the race and picked up a lot of support almost from the start. It’s been hard … Continue reading →