Victor Davis Hanson attempts to answer this question: “What Made the Democratic Party Go Crazy?” Before I read it, I’ll attempt two very quick answers: their antipathy to Donald Trump, and prior to that the electoral success of Barack Obama … Continue reading →
It’s one of those days: (1) When I first read about Trump’s EO on criminalizing the burning the American flag, I assumed it was an unconstitutional infringement on free speech. But I hadn’t read the wording, which turns out to … Continue reading →
I spent the earlier part of today sitting in on my ex’s first home sessions with a nurse and then a speech therapist. So I decided it might be time for an update here for those of you who are … Continue reading →
I was here on Sunday:
Continue reading →Well, one thing you can say is that in Denmark it didn’t go as badly as it did in Jordan and Lebanon, where they tried to overthrow the governments. Then again, the number of Palestinians welcomed by Denmark was a … Continue reading →
Commenter “Variant” writes, on the Bolton raid thread: Trump is simply trying to settle petty personal grudges via Lawfare and we’re trying to justify it because it was done to him. I prefer intellectual consistency on the right. I realize … Continue reading →
I first saw professional Russian folk dancing when I was a child in the late 1950s, when during Khrushchev’s cultural “thaw” the Moiseyev Dance Company came to New York. The performance I attended (with my family, of course) was in … Continue reading →
One of the main tasks of a blogger is deciding what topics to cover. It’s not as simple as it may seem. Sometimes there are stories so huge they cry out for coverage, even if everyone else is writing about … Continue reading →
John Bolton was Trump’s National Security Advisor from April 2018 to September 2019. It seemed an odd choice, because Bolton is a hawk and Trump is a Jacksonian on foreign policy, which is not the same thing. Bolton had good … Continue reading →
Here’s the plan: The State Department said it was looking [at the 55 million visa holders] for indicators of ineligibility, including people staying past the authorized timeframe outlined in a visa, criminal activity, threats to public safety, engaging in any … Continue reading →