Open thread 5/1/23
First of May. This was in 1969.
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Closing time
No, I’m not planning to close down this blog. But most of you know I’ve been dealing with Gerard’s death, plus managing open threads on his old blog so that the commenters can continue to go there and chat with … Continue reading →
North Carolina’s SCOTUS reverses previous rulings on redistricting and restores some voting safeguards
This is potentially important: In a trio of rulings Friday, the N.C. Supreme Court restored the state’s voter ID law, took state courts out of partisan gerrymandering disputes, and ended voting for felons who have not completed their sentences. Each … Continue reading →
On attacking any Republican candidate
Commenter “Yancey Ward” has made the following claim on the Carroll trial thread, the gist of which I’ve seen for many years on this and other blogs: And those who think the GOP can avoid these sorts of problems by … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/29/23
Leave them alone and they’ll come home, wagging their beautiful tails behind them
Not Little Bo Peep’s sheep, but a peacock named Raul: Freedom and fame proved fleeting for a fugitive Bronx Zoo peacock. The runaway bird, dubbed “Raul” by local residents, wrapped up its life on the lam Thursday by flying back … Continue reading →
Senility is the new “competent enough” – or, who cares whether or not it’s the president who answers that 3 AM call?
John Hinderaker spotlights an email sent by David Leonhardt, the Times’s “senior writer” who writes for the paper’s daily newsletter. Here are some quotes from Leonhardt’s email: Strange as it may sound, the American government can function without a healthy … Continue reading →
The E. Jean Carroll versus Trump rape/defamation case
I haven’t followed the E. Jean Carroll versus Trump trial at all closely. You may not have followed it much, either. But plenty of people are following it with great interest, most of them hoping it will be one of … Continue reading →
Open thread 4/28/23
The reasoning of the Democrats I know
I found that the following statement – embedded in an article by Walter Russell Mead, that focuses on a different issue – encapsulates the attitude of so many of the Democrat voters I know. Here it is: We live in … Continue reading →
House passes debt ceiling law
It has no chance of becoming actual law, but it’s the opening gambit in the usual tug of war on the subject. Here’s an approving piece on the subject. And here’s a more pessimistic one. I tend to think that … Continue reading →
Heather Mac Donald talks about crime and race
Most violent crime is intra-racial – that is, blacks mostly kill and/or violently attack blacks, whites mostly kill and/or violently attack whites. And the black-on-black violent crime rate is much much higher than the white-on-white violent crime rate. But the … Continue reading →