Commenter “Jamie” writes: “My father-in-law is utterly convinced that he’s a Democrat and that Republicans are, minimally, bad people,” and then she lists a set of beliefs he holds that seem very consistent with being on the right. She adds: … Continue reading →
Pity. The ads made me think that it might be something like the movie “Enchanted,” which I enjoyed. The latter was a charming film about a character from a fairy tale who’s transported to the real world and has to … Continue reading →
The other day, commenter “AesopFan” offered the following quotes from astronomer Carl Sagan, who died in 1996: “One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the … Continue reading →
For many years Joe Biden has claimed that he never spoke to Hunter about his business dealings. That was never especially believable, and there were even photos of Joe with some of the people with whom Hunter did business. The … Continue reading →
You can’t keep a good song down:
Continue reading →[NOTE: I wrote about the “Fast Car” brouhaha involving the Luke Combs cover version two days ago. That sparked further thoughts – thus, this post.] The strength of the song “Fast Car” is due in no small part to its … Continue reading →
From Matt Taibbi: The problem that’s been threatening Western democracies for years, and which is captured in books like Martin Gurri’s The Revolt of the Public, is the widespread loss of faith in institutional authority. At first this was a … Continue reading →
From commenter “AesopFan” on the thread about the two versions of the song “Fast Car”: It is profoundly weird that people who claim to be standing up for gays and lesbians are actually the ones erasing the history and achievements … Continue reading →
Biden good, Trump bad. That’s all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. So many things have been emerging from the House hearings on the whistleblowers, plus some news on Trump, that I’m just going to do … Continue reading →
I’ve often seen it around the blogosphere – the old “uniparty” label for the GOP members of Congress. Here’s a typical treatment of today’s version of the old story (hat tip: commenter “miguel cervantes”): 83 Republican congressmen joined nearly every … Continue reading →