…to defeat his nominee for the head of the Civil Rights Division of the DOJ, Debo Adegbile, a choice that raised an unusual amount of criticism because Adegbile had defended convicted cop-killer and leftist darling Mumial Abu-Jamal. The LA Times … Continue reading →
I wanted to highlight a discussion from yesterday’s comments section. First, from commenter “DNW”, who is quoting me and then asking a question: neo-neocon Says:… “Most of my friends are garden-variety liberals. And most are relatively apolitical, although they vote. … Continue reading →
Why was our intelligence community caught flat-footed about Putin’s moves? That’s a question being asked on Capitol Hill, and in Politico. One answer is, “No, it wasn’t.” That one was given by James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, and CIA … Continue reading →
Interesting article by David Weigel in Slate: Romney was right. Why was Obama wrong? Because, I think, he was willfully blurring the distinction between “geopolitical” and other sorts of threats. He was playing to the cheap seats. Voters do not … Continue reading →
Be careful what you wish for. By Rahm’s brother Ezekiel. A personal note: I sometimes have found insurance companies annoying, but in general they’ve done right by me. I don’t understand the generalized hatred of them. They’re a business, responding … Continue reading →
…takes a hard line on Israel. See also this: The timing could not have been any more deliberate ”” an assault on the prime minister’s policies delivered precisely as Netanyahu was flying in to meet with him, and on the … Continue reading →
What a sad and terrifying story of another political changer: Dmitri Volkogonov. Ultimately it’s also a story of great courage and integrity, although that courage and integrity came late in the game: Volkogonov entered the military at the age of … Continue reading →
Seeing into the future is easy sometimes when you take a look and pay attention: So Russia invaded Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula. I’m surprised that anyone is surprised. I’m hardly an expert on Ukrainian history or politics, but I’ve been there, … Continue reading →
…even though I don’t care. I don’t care who wins. The only nominated flick I’ve seen this year is “Gravity,” and I thought it fair-to-middling. And did I mention that I don’t care? I’m watching for one reason only, the … Continue reading →
Yesterday there was a horrific terrorist attack at a train station in China, in which knife-wielding separatists killed at least 29 people and wounded over a hundred others before four of the murderers were shot and killed by police. Points … Continue reading →
[Bumped up.] I’ve been reading another book about Robert Frost, and I keep coming across fascinating tidbits. For example, the following is taken from a letter Frost wrote to the Amherst student newspaper in 1935, and it gives some perspective: … Continue reading →
Societies make decisions, and those decisions can have unforeseen consequences. If “income inequality” is so bad, whether or not the lowest income people are actually starving and destitute, then you get countries such as Denmark—if you’re lucky and haven’t yet … Continue reading →