I heard Trump say during the debate that he had lost “hundreds of friends” on 9/11, and I immediately thought, “Really? That’s an awful lot of friends. I wonder if anyone’s ever challenged him on that.” And then I promptly … Continue reading →
I don’t listen to Rush Limbaugh—or to any talk shows, actually—often. But I’ve listened now and then, often enough—to Limbaugh and also to Mark Levin—to get a basic feel for both of them. For example, I’ve noticed that for about … Continue reading →
This is potentially disturbing: Following a report of a series of alleged offensive online posts relating to Syrian refugees living in Rothesay on Bute, Police Scotland confirmed on Tuesday that a 40-year-old man, understood to be from the Inverclyde area, … Continue reading →
I’m going to keep posting this now and then, just as a reminder. This is not about Trump-fever in particular—it’s about what’s led to it, and where such feelings can lead in the very worst-case scenario. Trump, Sanders, or a … Continue reading →
[NOTE: I asked this question in an earlier post, but I’m going to highlight it and expand on it here.] I wonder what’s to prevent a candidate who is against a party—and possibly out to destroy it—from using that party’s … Continue reading →
I looked at a lot of fashions from last night’s Grammy Awards in order to choose either the most beautiful and/or the most bizarre. I decided to go with the latter, and although I usually focus on the female fashion, … Continue reading →
What a guy, what a guy. In a press release, Trump writes: One of the ways I can fight back is to bring a lawsuit against [Cruz] relative to the fact that he was born in Canada and therefore cannot … Continue reading →
From William Jacobson. Oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas and even more more so Friedrichs v. California Teachers’ Association suggested the Court would decide for the conservative position in both. Now those cases are thrown into turmoil. The … Continue reading →
Here’s the list of the 20 books that people most often think they should have read, say they have read, but often haven’t read. For me the grand total of books on that list actually read is eleven: (1) Both … Continue reading →
I’m totally on board with this: There are three candidates. Trump, Ted Cruz, and Marco Rubio. No one else has a path to the nomination. The rest are in the way. Dr. Carson, you are a good guy who has … Continue reading →
For many years, the question of whether the Iraq War was an error or not was discussed on this blog very regularly, and a lively discussion it was. There is no question that people on the right differed and still … Continue reading →
I wondered how Trump fans would explain and justify his behavior last night. I had no doubt they would do it, and it didn’t take long for the preferred defense to emerge. Basically, it went something like this: Trump knows … Continue reading →