…and have been for some time. Here’s what happened today: Former President Trump on Monday said that his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida is “under siege” by a “large group” of FBI agents. “Nothing like this has ever happened to a … Continue reading →
A lovely lady with a lovely voice. Here’s a tribute. I knew that Newton-John had experienced a cancer recurrence, but I thought perhaps she’d cheat death one more time. But it was not to be. Newton-John was British but was … Continue reading →
Andrew C. McCarthy is one of those writers who’s sometimes very very good and sometimes not at all good. You never know exactly which McCarthy is going to turn up, except that he tends to be good on anything to … Continue reading →
Not one Republican voted for it and not one Democrat voted against it, which made it a 50/50 tiebreaker broken by VP Harris. That’s why every single senator matters, and also proof that there are no moderate Democrats. More: All … Continue reading →
…and says you have nothing to fear from the agency going on steroids, if you haven’t cheated on your taxes. Perhaps they know they won’t be the ones targeted. "Can you understand how 87,000 new IRS agents would scare the … Continue reading →
This is hard to watch, if real. Of course, those who knew the answers were edited out. But just to find anyone this ignorant is horrifying. I don’t even think these people are especially dumb. I just think they were … Continue reading →
When I was a kid, women dressed up like this quite a bit (minus the real jewels), and when I was a child I thought I’d have many such gowns when I grew up. But I’ve had perhaps three long … Continue reading →
Andrew Branca covers the federal indictments of the previously-acquitted police officers involved in the death of Breonna Taylor. As with everything I’ve seen from Branca, it is very comprehensive and very clear. This is another example of the federal government … Continue reading →
[NOTE: This ties in somewhat with the post I just published, about China buying US land.] It was obvious that Europe’s dependence on Russia for energy would be a bad thing. But for some reason it doesn’t seem to have … Continue reading →
It was Lenin (or Stalin, or Marx) who supposedly said: “The Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them.” Whoever really said it, it’s one of those pithy witticisms that encapsulate some sort of truth, in … Continue reading →
One less-discussed part of the new spending bill about to be passed is the money being appropriated for the IRS to go after taxpayers with greater vigor. The following is from a WSJ editorial: The $80 billion [proposed funding for … Continue reading →