I’ve been having connectivity and slowdown issues since last fall. You’ll find my November post on the saga here, but I thought I’d give you an update. For various reasons, although there are alternatives to Comcast where I live, they … Continue reading →
In a previous thread, commenter “Ann” offered a link to an article written in 2008 by James Q. Wilson entitled, “Why Don’t Jews Like the Christians Who Like Them?” From the article: Evangelical Christians have a high opinion not just … Continue reading →
A terrible air disaster: All 144 passengers and six crew were today presumed dead after the Airbus A320 crashed in a remote region of the French Alps en route from Spain to Germany. One of the plane’s black box recorders … Continue reading →
…such as this, truth is especially hard to come by: The Wall Street Journal reported late Monday that in addition to Israelis spying on the highly-sensitive negotiations between Tehran and world powers, details were back-chanelled to US legislators in an … Continue reading →
Dershowitz: I wouldn’t hire this administration to negotiate a one-month lease for me,” Dershowitz said. He also called Obama “undiplomatic,” “petulant,” and “juvenile,” according to Noah Pollak of the Emergency Committee for Israel… And yet, and yet—although these actions by … Continue reading →
…Ted Cruz has thrown his hat into the 2016 presidential ring. Early-bird Cruz is one of the smartest guys ever to run for the presidency. And I don’t think even the staunchest conservatives would be likely to question his conservative … Continue reading →
…was touted as a success story by President Obama a mere four months ago. Now, not so much: The Yemeni foreign minister is asking several Gulf Arab neighbors for military intervention to stop territorial advances by Houthi fighters in his … Continue reading →
I think that this comment from “Eric,” our resident strategist, is worth highlighting: …[I]t’s up to the Republicans to counter the Democrats. It’s up to the Right to counter the Left. Yes, the Democrats have been taken over by the … Continue reading →
…I’m trying my best to make my country less secure, and I’m mad at Bibi because he won’t do the same to his.
Continue reading →RIP, Michael Brown. Who’s Michael Brown? you ask: Michael Brown, a keyboardist and songwriter who at 16 was a writer of the 1966 hit “Walk Away Renee” for his band the Left Banke and composed “Pretty Ballerina” for it as … Continue reading →
Leon H. Wolf writes: This year, the predetermined attack on Walker as insufficiently ideologically pure converges with a critical mass of voter resentment over Republican failures of leadership in Congress. Scott Walker and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)82%, the only two … Continue reading →
Well, one can hope. It’s a fairly small and circumscribed game of hardball, but I applaud it: Ms. Lynch’s vote to become attorney general is on hold for precisely one reason: Democrats won’t play ball on a bill to combat … Continue reading →