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Okay, so why is it raining every weekend? and other complaints
Rain, rain, rain here in New England – for the past few weekends. Today is the same. It doesn’t matter all that much to me, since I set my own hours and weekends are not especially special. But I know … Continue reading →
Neo-neocon versus The new neo
Commenter “Jamie” has an interesting observation: I am reminded that this blog used to be called NeoNeocon, and I used to read it as eagerly then as I do now – and I believed to my bones something approximately the … Continue reading →
A warm welcome back to Abrego Garcia
The left’s latest hero-victim, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, is apparently on his way back to the good old USA. This leftist victory may be Pyrrhic, however: Abrego Garcia is headed home, but with a twist: He’ll be charged with participating in … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/7/2025
Purposeful misunderstanding: the slogan “Free Palestine”
The Boulder firebomber apparently yelled “Free Palestine!” as he hurled flames at his victims. That’s a favorite slogan of the pro-Palestinian movement so au courant among the leftists of America today. And who wouldn’t want people to be free? Leftists … Continue reading →
Limiting nationwide injunctions
You have almost certainly noticed that the federal courts are busy issuing injunctions on many of Trump’s directives, even ones that seem to have solid legal underpinnings. What is to be done? The federal courts are under the aegis of … Continue reading →
D-Day, 81 years later
[NOTE: The following is a slightly-edited version of a previous D-Day post.] Today is the eighty-first anniversary of D-Day, the Normandy landings in WWII that led to Western Europe’s liberation. I wonder how many people under forty, either here or … Continue reading →
Open thread 6/6/2025
Seems like the love affair between Trump and Musk is over
Really really over. It seems to feature a huge (yuge?) disagreement about the budget bill, including but hardly limited to a detail about subsidies for EVs: [Trump] repeatedly emphasized that Musk only began voicing concerns after the bill’s EV cuts, … Continue reading →
SCOTUS gets it right in reverse-discrimination case
Not only that, but the decision was unanimous and Ketanji Brown Jackson authored the opinion. Then again, this was a slam-dunk case in terms of the law, so it should have been unanimous. However, as we know, there is no … Continue reading →
Did you know that dog ticks can live for up to two years without a host?
You can consider this fact depressing or inspiring. Or perhaps both. Depressing, because those little buggers can live a long long time without a good feed. Inspiring, in terms of the myriad methods earth’s creatures can develop in order to … Continue reading →