At Powerline, “Cornhead” (a frequent commenter here) reports on Bobby Jindal’s speech yesterday. I’m glad to hear that Jindal has slowed down his speech rate. It’s a bad habit that’s one of the reasons he seems uncharismatic and hasn’t helped … Continue reading →
That is no surprise. Menendez is a Democrat from New Jersey, and his opposition to Obama’s policy on Iran has been vocal and strong for a long, long time. Along with his opposition to Obama’s Cuba policy, this has caused … Continue reading →
A Tennessee man might not be alive had he not “butt-dialed” Siri on his iPhone. Sam Ray, 18, said the accidental phone call saved his life after he was pinned under a truck while home alone. A month ago, Ray … Continue reading →
Commenter “Tonawanda” is puzzled and disturbed by the following exchange on Mark Steyn’s site. In it, Steyn reports receiving the following query: You insist that Trump has traction because ” … ‘real’ Republicans and ‘real’ ‘conservatives’ in Washington [haven’t] managed … Continue reading →
…was in the toilet. And that’s not just a metaphor: The IT company Hilary Clinton chose to maintain her private email account was run from a loft apartment and its servers were housed in the bathroom closet, Daily Mail Online … Continue reading →
Despite the title of this post it’s August now, not July. And a lovely August it is. The other day I was walking along the street in a beach town in New England on a sunny day. It’s the sort … Continue reading →
I’m puzzled by so many comments in this thread on Trump’s immigration proposals that seem to be suggesting that I’m saying that a wall—or technically, an expansion of the wall—should not be built or even could not be built. I … Continue reading →
I’m fascinated by assertions such as this one that the conservative candidates for president such as Cruz, Walker, Jindal or Fiorina are not electable on a national scale, each for somewhat different reasons*. I’ve only been doing this for ten … Continue reading →
Trump’s immigration plan is certainly guaranteed to get him even more attention than before. It’s a nice list of pipe dreams for the most anti-illegal-immigrant wing of the electorate, although it also features some workable and laudable proposals that are … Continue reading →
I’ve seen a lot of blogosphere commenters saying that Trump is the only Republican with a strong policy on illegal immigration. I’ve also seen a lot of people saying they don’t know Carly Fiorina’s position and would like to hear … Continue reading →
In the 2012 election there was a not insignificant amount of ire towards the GOP coming from the GOP base. But in the years since, that anger and frustration has reached a fever pitch. This may account for odd changes … Continue reading →
[NOTE: If you don’t know who Ta-Nehisi Coates is and what I think of his work, please see this. I decided to add the following for further clarification.] When I read this quote from Coates, it seemed to me to … Continue reading →