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The FBI stonewalls Congress
The FBI asks how many divisions does Congress have?: House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer and Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday fumed as the FBI failed to meet a subpoena deadline to provide congressional investigators with a form … Continue reading →
The eye of the beholder: Trump appears in Town Hall on CNN last night
I didn’t watch it. I assume Trump was Trump, with the usual pluses and minuses. Here’s Roger Kimball on the evening’s festivities: On and on it went. Collins playing Whac-A-Mole, Trump declining to be whapped. There were no moments like … Continue reading →
After Jordan Neely’s death, no one is going to do much to stop man wielding a cleaver on BART
Except what they did do, which is to run away and also alert authorities. Fortunately, in the case of the BART cleaver-wielder, although the injured man was taken to the hospital his cleaver injuries were not life-threatening. But this was … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/11/23
The Bee Gees’ song “Tragedy” is about anticipation
I’ve been feeling pretty weary lately about the news. So much of it is bad. I don’t know about you, but I need a refresher. “Tragedy” is an odd title for a refresher. But like so many Bee Gees’ songs, … Continue reading →
Santos arrested, Bidens not arrested
George Santos, Republican member of the House from the Third District in the state of New York, is a liar. He’s certainly guilty of that, and he may even be guilty of the things he’s been arrested for today: The … Continue reading →
Jordan Neely, the left’s martyr
This is an important article about the campaign against Daniel Perry, a man who subdued Jordan Neely on a New York subway, an act that resulted in Neely’s death: Penny’s fate will, as Peachy Keenan wrote in The Federalist, be … Continue reading →
Trump vs. Kavanaugh
I’m going to highlight some comments made by “Bauxite” about the Carroll jury verdict. I’m not trying to pick on Bauxite, but the comments offer me an opportunity to clarify some points. From Bauxite: …[I]f you want to prove that … Continue reading →
Open thread 5/10/23
Tucker Carlson announces his return
It will be on Twitter. See this.
Continue reading →A palate refresher
Plisetskaya tears up the turf: I don’t care how high today’s dancers can get their legs or how many turns they do. They play the character; Plisetskaya IS the character. She’s the second dancer in the series in this video … Continue reading →