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Margot Cleveland and new revelations about the MAL raid
At The Federalist, Margot Cleveland has seven very interesting observations about Judge Cannon’s written decision ordering a Special Master to review the documents seized in the MAL raid. Here are three of them I want to highlight. The first concerns … Continue reading →
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold
Commenter “Mac” expresses what I’ve been feeling too: I have a sense that politically, culturally, socially, things are *not* going to be ok. Things are *not* going to work out. The America that we knew is not going to survive. … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/6/22
Special master appointed: Horses escape, judge shuts barn door
In my opinion, this ruling comes way too late. The DOJ has had plenty of time to go through the documents and other seized items, if they had enough people working on it – and I am pretty sure they … Continue reading →
Those “election deniers”
From Biden’s Thursday night speech: Democracy cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election: either they win or they were cheated. And that’s where MAGA Republicans are today. But there is no indication that … Continue reading →
Happy Labor Day!
[NOTE: This is a slightly edited version of a previous post.] Labor Day is the bookend standing at the opposite end of summer from its holiday beginning, Memorial Day. July Fourth is summer’s early peak, with the promise of long … Continue reading →
The 50th anniversary of the Munich Olympics massacre is today
Young people probably have no idea about that happened back then. But those of us who are older certainly remember. It was stunningly shocking at the time, and even worse because it occurred in Germany at what was supposed to … Continue reading →
Open thread 9/5/22
This guy has quite a story: He became a well-regarded professor of literature at Princeton after the war. He also wrote this memoir. Oh, and in the video he’s 98 years old.
Continue reading →Baryshnikov the Great
I had the enormous good fortune to see Baryshnikov dance in person many many times, and he fully lived up to all the hype. To this day, I have never seen a more exciting and yet Apollonian dancer – an … Continue reading →
Hochul and the New York legislature have a strange way of “keeping New Yorkers safe”
Keeping New Yorkers safe is my top priority. Starting tomorrow, concealed weapons will no longer be permitted on subways, in bars, and the following sensitive locations. pic.twitter.com/RKExUOBlrT — Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) August 31, 2022 SCOTUS had struck down New … Continue reading →
This is my introduction to Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake…
…and I find her response impressive: No wonder her Democrat opponent Katie Hobbs is refusing to debate her.
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