This article about Chuck Schumer’s plans to undermine the Tea Party is mostly a big yawn: “The fundamental weakness in the Tea Party machine is the stark difference between what the leaders of the Tea Party elite, plutocrats like the … Continue reading →
Mark Herring, Virginia’s newly-elected AG in a photo-finish race that featured a recount, will be joining the plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging the state’s ban on gay marriage. So not only is he declining to defend the state’s gay marriage ban, … Continue reading →
Because they might end up hurting her chances in 2018, by which time the demographics in Texas could favor a Democrat: By running now, Davis effectively reserves her place at ”” or close ”” to the front of the line … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote a post about Wendy Davis that got quite a bit of blogosphere attention and traffic. It contained the surprising (to me, anyway; most Texans already knew it) piece of information that Davis’s opponent Greg Abbott has been … Continue reading →
I studied Russia’s Mikhail Bakunin (1814-1876) in college and I must say he puzzled me; I never quite “got” him. He seemed to be a mass of contradictory impulses. I’m not about to take (or give) a refresher course on … Continue reading →
…to observe someone like New Republic’s Isaac Chotiner struggle to retain his admiration for Barack Obama’s towering intellect and superb temperament as Chotiner simultaneously realizes that Obama is actually a supremely condescending blowhard who uses a great many more words … Continue reading →
This had gone under my radar till now. But it could be a big, big case: William Messenger of the National Right to Work Committee asked the Supreme Court today to hold that public employee unions are unconstitutional. “This is””I’m … Continue reading →
The maximum wage—is it the ultimate goal of the left? You’ll understand what I’m talking about when you read Michael Totten’s excellent, thought-provoking, depressing report on his visit to Cuba.
Continue reading →This speaks for itself, I think. Just a bunch of Marxists in Mexico: Have you ever noticed how people in old home movies never know quite what to do with themselves? [NOTE: I said it spoke for itself, but in … Continue reading →
There’s a lot in the Wendy Davis story besides Davis and her constructed and false “narrative.” Here is one of Davis’ most recent official statements on the matter, a little masterpiece of accusing the accusers: We’re not surprised by Greg … Continue reading →
However many you can think of, the MSM can probably think of more—if they’re talking about the lies of a Democrat. When it first emerged that Obama’s “if you like your [fill in the blank] you can keep your [fill … Continue reading →
…get back in the kitchen. I’m ambivalent about the open kitchen concept. But mostly I like it. I’ve had both kinds, and I don’t like being cooped up. It really depends how often you entertain, and with what formality. And … Continue reading →