Open thread 8/4/23
Before their disco days. If you’re wondering where Maurice is, he’s on the piano:
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Trump pleads not guilty
In Trump’s DC court appearance today, he pleaded not guilty on all counts. Then he spoke before leaving the area:
Continue reading →David Brooks gets half a clue, and then blows it all
Brooks’ column is entitled, “What If We’re the Bad Guys Here?” To refresh your memory, Brooks is the resident guy on the right at the Times, but as tradition dictates he’s really a very strange kind of mushy-middle straddler. He … Continue reading →
Roundup
A roundup is practically required today, there’s so much news. And this just scratches the surface. (1) The transcript of Devon Archer’s testimony can be found here. It’s quite long, of course; I have only read bits and pieces so … Continue reading →
Is the current generation of boys becoming more conservative? And what of girls?
Maybe. According to this article: In annual surveys over the last three years, roughly one-quarter of high school seniors self-identified as conservative or “very conservative” on the Monitoring the Future survey, a scholarly endeavor that dates to the 1970s. Only … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/3/23
If you want some of the legal details of the Trump J6 indictment …
… you can find them here, in a post by Professor William Jacobson at Legal Insurrection. ADDENDUM: Please also see this post of Ace’s. And if you want an idea about what the left is saying, there’s always, “Why Jack … Continue reading →
The Trump J6 indictment: dark days for the republic
It used to be that people on both sides of US politics understood that the bar should be very very very high for the indictment of a major candidate for president or an ex-president, particularly any prosecution for matters that … Continue reading →
Perhaps there’s a mole writing headlines at The New York Times
Here’s a screenshot of a NY Times article seen at Ann Althouse’s: The headline at the top right is what brought me up short. I knew the Times would never be so honest as to admit what’s the real purpose … Continue reading →
Open thread 8/2/23
And look who been indicted, just to round out the day
Trump, the real villain, is indicted for J6: The 45-page indictment charges Trump with conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. “This … Continue reading →
Devon Archer testifies: promoting the “brand”; firing Shokin
Yesterday the big news was that Hunter Biden’s former business associate Devon Archer testified before Congress and said that Joe Biden talked to Hunter’s business associates at least 20 times, but they all just chatted about stuff like the weather. … Continue reading →