I never did watch last night’s debate. I got home towards the tail end of it, and I just didn’t have the energy to watch. Instead I read a bunch of comments at different sites, and that’s when it occurred … Continue reading →
I’m going out in a little while for a social engagement (yes, every now and then I leave my computer) and I don’t plan to be back until fairly late tonight. So I will miss blogging the debate in real … Continue reading →
It was not so long ago, either. About the time that Rubio was in the Gang of Eight: To make its point, the ad pulls from sources that range from 1990 to July 2015. The older sources go to the … Continue reading →
The nuclear deal wasn’t the only deal, of course. It was a prelude to this sort of thing: France and Iran are trying to make a financial deal, now that sanctions are no more. Will it work?: Exactly what stage … Continue reading →
An absolutely fascinating article about Hermann Goehring’s younger brother Albert. The “twist” at the very end of the story—and it’s a story full of twists—may or may not be true (see this)). But the rest of it certainly seems to … Continue reading →
[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 →