Claire McCaskill certainly remembers, because (as was strongly suspected even at the time) she helped engineer Akin’s win in the 2012 Republican primary for senator in Missouri, since she was well aware he’d be a weaker opponent against her than … Continue reading →
For a while now I’ve been ignoring the emerging information about Hillary Clinton’s use of her server for classified information. My assumption was that, no matter how incriminating the evidence, she would be protected from any serious repercussions. So—what difference … Continue reading →
I’ve been going to the Sunapee League of NH Craftsman Fair nearly every year for decades, and look forward to it with delight each time. A juried fair with about 350 exhibitors in a series of large tents, the setting … Continue reading →
Excellent, excellent article. Here’s an excerpt: This is the point I really want to make: the constant emphasis on police shootings of *unarmed* men that we see in the press is, for the most part, crazy. If you are a … Continue reading →
Commenter “physicsguy” has an observation and a question: Given what I’m seeing this morning about his west coast trip, I’m beginning to think we all need to worry a lot more about Sanders than HRC. A declared socialist and drawing … Continue reading →
One thing I’ve noticed is that all of the post-debate polls I’ve located so far (except two that only deal with Iowa; see this and this) are online polls.[* see below] Now, they’re not the sort of online polls that … Continue reading →
Why? It’s not just that he’s been the talk of the news cycle for a while now, although he has. It’s not just that he engenders a lot of discussion in the comments section, although he does. It’s not just … Continue reading →
Let’s excoriate Ted Cruz for changing his mind on fast-track. Let’s do the same to both Rubio and Walker on amnesty. Let’s ignore their stated reasons for doing so. And by all means, let’s resurrect a post-9/11 speech Carly Fiorina … Continue reading →
I’m getting rather tired of talking about Trump. But he certainly knows how to get publicity. For example, there’s a predictable furor right now about Trump’s remark that during the debate Megyn Kelley had “blood coming out of her whatever.” … Continue reading →
Those people on the right who are mad at the establishment and continually frustrated by it, and are therefore supporting Trump, puzzle me for the following reason: this election cycle they finally have a very good chance to elect what … Continue reading →
Caroline Glick writes: …Obama’s appeasement policy toward Iran has been going on since he took office six-and-a-half years ago… Every time Obama has sided with the mullahs against domestic opponents he has played the Jew card in one way or … Continue reading →
Alan Dershowitz opines on the “treaty vs. agreement” dispute regarding the Iran deal: The Framers of our constitution probably would have regarded the nuclear deal with Iran as a “treaty,” subject to a two thirds ratification by the Senate. At … Continue reading →