From Federalist Paper #75 [emphasis mine]: However proper or safe it may be in governments where the executive magistrate is an hereditary monarch, to commit to him the entire power of making treaties, it would be utterly unsafe and improper … Continue reading →
I’m a little late here, aren’t I? I’m only dealing with this topic because it’s been such an internet cause célé¨bre. That’s an interesting phenomenon in itself, illustrating the way that a meme spreads. And I’ll get this out of … Continue reading →
Senator Charles (“Chuck”) Schumer of New York faces a tough choice: back Obama’s Iran deal and anger many of his New York Jewish constituents, or oppose the deal and anger Obama and much of the Democratic Party leadership. Prediction: Schumer … Continue reading →
…here: Three University of Virginia graduates and members of a fraternity profiled in a debunked account of a gang rape in a retracted Rolling Stone magazine story filed a lawsuit against the publication and the article’s author Wednesday, court records … Continue reading →
Victor Davis Hanson compares and contrasts. Well worth reading, as is most of what Hanson writes.
Continue reading →First, a disclaimer: I have not read T-Nehisi Coates’ new book entitled Between the World and Me. I’ve only read summaries or reviews of it, although I’m familiar with his thought from reading many of his articles for The Atlantic … Continue reading →
[NOTE: If you watch it and like it, please pass it around via email, Facebook, Twitter, and any other way you can think of. I’d really like to see her poll numbers rise so that she gets the exposure of … Continue reading →
This is potentially very good news. Very: Researchers gave one dose of the new vaccine, developed by the Canadian government, to more than 4,000 people who were contacts of confirmed Ebola cases within 10 days of being identified. In comparison, … Continue reading →
And I have little doubt that that’s exactly what he would do if he thought it would work. Here are several possible scenarios: First, [Obama] may simply announced that every bank that does business with Iran in accordance with the … Continue reading →
The moment I read this story of a horrific murder I wondered a few things: An 18-year-old Wyoming man accused of robbing and shooting three members of a family after asking for roadside help told investigators he opened fire after … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: Ace.] This piece by John McWhorter is well worth reading. A few excerpts: …Antiracism is now a religion. It is inherent to a religion that one is to accept certain suspensions of disbelief. Certain questions are not to … Continue reading →
…they’re having a lot of trouble with so-called “migrants” from Africa trying to get into Britain. A lot of trouble: David Cameron has said Britain is threatened by a “swarm” of foreigners and the migrant crisis in Calais was likened … Continue reading →