This is quite a headline, and quite a story: “Unarmed US Marines foil suspected terrorist attack onboard high-speed train between Amsterdam and Paris after they take down Kalashnikov-wielding Moroccan gunman known to intelligence services” A group of unarmed US Marines … Continue reading →
…this. From the video at the link: “They’re scared that maybe there’s no place to make money. If the stock market’s not going to make you money, where do you make it now?” When I was younger and looking towards … Continue reading →
That’s presidential characters, not character. It occurs to me that one of the things people really like about Trump is that he is a character—flamboyant, unpredictable, colorful, one of a kind. We haven’t had too many of them in the … Continue reading →
I’ve spent countless hours reading about and trying to understand the technical parts of the Iran arms deal—the details of the proposed inspections, what that actually means, and whether it all would be adequate in terms of stopping Iran from … Continue reading →
Here are some fabulous pictures from the dawn of photography. I’ve seen a lot of old photos and daguerreotypes. In fact, I own a lot of old photos and daguerreotypes, many of ancestors whose names have been lot in the … Continue reading →
Somehow the news that Scott Walker has issued an Obamacare replacement plan has gotten lost in all the other brouhaha (see also this. I haven’t even had a chance to review it, but I thought I’d provide a thread if … Continue reading →
Hugh Hewitt has a good interview with Carly Fiorina that focuses mainly, but not hardly exclusively, on Hillary Clinton’s problems with her server and her explanations about it. The following portion of the interview interested me in particular, however. You … Continue reading →
Even for those of us long inured to the multiple betrayals and lies of the Obama administration, the news yesterday was shocking: the AP story that they had seen documents attesting to an alleged “side deal” in which the UN’s … Continue reading →
Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, there’s this news: Sens. Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) and Marco Rubio (R., Fla.) disclosed in the letter to the State Department that U.S. lawmakers have been shown copies of several letters … Continue reading →
Watch it; I’m in awe of Cruz here: Very impressive. In the end, they had nothing to say. Of course, this technique might not work the same way with a really huge group of protesters. But this assortment seemed large … Continue reading →
Well, this is certainly encouraging: We already knew a “secret deal” had been drafted between the IAEA and Tehran; and while it is standard operating procedure for the IAEA to make inspection arrangements with individual nation states, it is not … Continue reading →
We all know that Hillary Clinton is the first female frontrunner candidate of a major party. At least, she’s long been the frontrunner, and remains the frontrunner, although who knows how long that will continue. Personally, I believe that the … Continue reading →